Asbestos by State

State rules

Alaska

Alaska’s verified public contact list is the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency state asbestos contacts page. EPA sorts Alaska into four jobs rather than one licensing board: removal, reporting, and demolition; removal, handling, and training; workplace compliance and enforcement; and disposal options and requirements. This directory requested the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation asbestos page and received HTTP 403, so this entry does not name license types, fees, or a state notice deadline. Alaska is not one of the twelve states EPA lists as holding an AHERA waiver. Ask which office receives a demolition notice before you treat any single phone number as the whole program.

General information only: we have not verified state-specific rules for this page yet.

Try a ZIP like 30303, “Travis County” or “Columbus, OH”
Who runs the asbestos program
Split contacts on EPA’s state asbestos list: demolition reporting, workplace safety, and disposal
Who must be licensed or accredited
Not stated here. The Alaska program page did not return HTTP 200, so license categories are omitted.
Official program page
Official page →

The EPA contact page gives a removal, reporting, and demolition line at 907-271-3688. A separate line, 800-656-4972, is labeled removal, handling, and training. Workplace compliance and enforcement is listed at 800-770-4940. Disposal options and requirements are listed at 907-451-2134. Those four numbers were copied from the EPA page fetched for this directory. They are not interchangeable. A demolition question and a landfill question are different desks. Because the state environmental page would not load, this directory does not describe how Alaska adopts or delegates the federal asbestos NESHAP.

Federal asbestos NESHAP still exists as a national rule. EPA’s overview says the standard covers demolitions and renovations of facilities, requires a thorough inspection where the operation will occur, and requires notice to the delegated entity before demolition or before renovations over a threshold amount of regulated asbestos-containing material. Whether Alaska’s notice goes to a state office or to an EPA regional office is a question for the demolition contact on the state list. This entry does not guess that routing. School asbestos duties under AHERA are also federal unless a state has a waiver, and EPA does not list Alaska as a waiver state.

Worker protection is a third track. OSHA’s construction asbestos standard, 29 CFR 1926.1101, sets exposure limits and work classes for employers. EPA’s Alaska list points workplace compliance and enforcement to a different number than demolition reporting. Hiring someone who is accredited for a school inspection does not, by itself, answer whether a company may remove material on a commercial job. Until a state licensing page can be read, ask the training and workplace contacts what credentials they expect, and ask the disposal contact which landfills take asbestos waste.

Official resources in Alaska

EPA state asbestos contacts

Alaska phones for demolition reporting, training, workplace enforcement, and disposal.

EPA asbestos NESHAP overview

Federal inspection and notification framework for demolition and renovation.

OSHA construction asbestos standard

Federal worker-protection rule for Class I through Class IV asbestos work.

EPA asbestos in schools

AHERA duties for schools. Alaska is not listed as a waiver state.

Key facts for Alaska

What to do next

  1. Use the demolition-reporting contact for a notice question and the disposal contact for a landfill question.
  2. Ask whether your notice goes to a state office or to EPA before you mail it.
  3. Ask the workplace contact which training applies to the crew, separate from any inspection credential.
  4. Do not rely on a fee, license title, or deadline until you can read it on a page that loads.

Looking for your city or county in Alaska?

We haven't found official program-level pages for Alaska we can verify yet, so we don't show local numbers here rather than guess. Here's what to use instead, in order:

  1. General Start with the statewide information above. It is general guidance, not a Alaska rule; local requirements can be stricter.
  2. Closest verified Nearest states where we have verified data:
  3. Call to confirm Ask the official office. They have the current local rule, fee and form.
    Alaska asbestos contacts listed by EPA
    Website →
    Phone: (907) 271-3688 (as listed on that page, checked Oct 4, 2026)
    Not sure who handles it locally? USAGov's free help line, 1-844-872-4681, or the Alaska page on USA.gov can point you to the right office.
  4. Know the current info? Tell us and include a link to the official page. We check every tip before it goes up.

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