Naturally-Occurring Asbestos: General Information

This page last reviewed August 25, 2006

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Asbestos Fact Sheets

California Geological Survey - Asbestos Reports, Maps, and Guidelines for Geologic Investigations

  • Relative Likelihood for the Presence of Naturally Occuring Asbestos in Eastern Sacramento County, California, Special Report 192
  • Relative Likelihood for the Presence of Naturally Occuring Asbestos in Placer County, California, Special Report 190
  • Preliminary Report on Using Imaging Spectroscopy to Map Ultramafic Rocks, Serpentinites, and Tremolite-Actinolite-Bearing Rocks in California - Geologic Hazards Investigation 2004-01
  • Guidelines for Geologic Investigations of Naturally Occurring Asbestos in California, Special Publication 124
  • A General Location Guide for Ultramafic Rocks in California - Areas Likely to Contain Naturally Occuring Asbestos, 2000, Map scale 1:1,100,000, Open-File Report 2000-19
  • Areas More Likely to Contain Natural Occurrences of Asbestos in Western El Dorado County, California, Open File Report 2000-02

Compliance Assistance Program

Lake County's Serpentine Landscape Demostration Garden Flyer on unique plants that grow in serpentine soils.
  Public Advisory on Asbestos-Containing Materials Used on Playgrounds and Other Surfaces
Proposition 65 information
OPR Advisory - Addressing Naturally-Occurring Asbestos in CEQA Documents
 

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