Asbestos Removal · Allegheny County
Moon Township, home to Pittsburgh International Airport and Robert Morris University, grew from 7,096 people in 1950 to 27,261 at the 2020 census. It also has Mooncrest, built by the federal government in 1943 as housing for Dravo shipyard defense workers and listed on the National Register in 2013.
Moon Township grew from 7,096 people in 1950 to 27,261 at the 2020 census, carried by Pittsburgh International Airport, Robert Morris University and the business parks along University Boulevard and Cherrington Parkway. Its oldest planned neighbourhood is older than most of that growth: Mooncrest was built by the federal government in 1943 to house defense workers at the Dravo shipyard, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. Moon's housing is therefore split between a wartime district and suburbs that mostly came much later.
Census estimates put Moon's median home at 1976, and about 43 percent of its homes were built after 1980, a far larger share than in Pittsburgh or the eastern suburbs. That lowers the odds but does not remove them. The Allegheny County Health Department's guidance is that asbestos surveys apply to buildings regardless of construction year, and it notes that asbestos floor tile, mastic and roofing can still legally be bought in the US. In Moon's 1960s and 1970s plans around Carnot-Moon and Coraopolis Heights, textured ceilings, floor tile and duct materials are the usual things to sample.
Mooncrest's buildings date from 1943, a time when asbestos was used widely in building materials, so testing before any remodel there is sensible. Whether the county's Article XXI applies depends on the building. A residential building with more than four units is a regulated facility, and several buildings under one owner can count together as a single installation. A privately owned building of four or fewer units is generally exempt. Because the answer turns on unit count and ownership, owners in Mooncrest should confirm their building's status with the Health Department before planning removal.
Moon is 20 to 25 minutes west of downtown on the Parkway West, with Thorn Run Road, Beaver Grade Road and Brodhead Road reaching the residential areas off the main corridors. About 18 percent of homes are in buildings of five or more units, which are county facilities. For houses, the common jobs are popcorn ceiling removal and testing ahead of a renovation.
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