This chapter does not apply to an electric light company, or the full-time employees of the electric light company, if the electric light company and the full-time employees of the electric light company are otherwise required to comply with all applicable standards of the United States environmental protection agency and the United States occupational safety and health administration, and if the electric light company engages in an asbestos hazard abatement activity solely at its own place or places of business, except that such electric light company and its full-time employees shall comply with the certification provisions contained in this chapter to the extent required to comply with applicable accreditation requirements of the “Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act,” P.L. 99-519, 100 Stat. 2980, 15 U.S.C. § 2646, as amended, and rules adopted pursuant to that act.

As used in this section, “electric light company” has the same meaning as in section 4905.03 of the Revised Code and includes affiliates and subsidiaries of an electric light company.