---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 61.143"
title: "40"
number: "61.143"
heading: "Standard for roadways."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/61.143"
---

# §61.143. Standard for roadways.


No person may construct or maintain a roadway with asbestos tailings or asbestos-containing waste material on that roadway, unless, for asbestos tailings.

- (a) **It is a temporary roadway on an area of asbestos ore deposits (asbestos mine)—** or
- (b) It is a temporary roadway at an active asbestos mill site and is encapsulated with a resinous or bituminous binder. The encapsulated road surface must be maintained at a minimum frequency of once per year to prevent dust emissions; or
- (c) It is encapsulated in asphalt concrete meeting the specifications contained in [section 401](/cfr/40/401.md) of Standard Specifications for Construction of Roads and Bridges on Federal Highway Projects, FP-85, 1985, or their equivalent.

## Notes

### Amendments

[55 FR 48419, Nov. 20, 1990; 56 FR 1669, Jan. 16, 1991]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401, 7412, 7414, 7416, 7601.

### Source

Source: 49 FR 13661, Apr. 5, 1984, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.

### Source

Source: 38 FR 8826, Apr. 6, 1973, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[55 FR 48419, Nov. 20, 1990; 56 FR 1669, Jan. 16, 1991]