To clarify on some other comments, including mine, and the work that I expect is being done for OP:
This is the removal of asbestos tape on metal ductwork. There really isn’t any risk of dust or particulates with this. Typically it is still exposed in a basement or open crawl space anyway.
When you remove that portion, you aren’t removing the tape, you are taking the entire section of ductwork out with the tape still on it. Ductwork is screwed into place with machine screws. If that’s not accessible, you can cut it with tin snips or a hacksaw. So you don’t mess with the actual asbestos at all. Then double bag it up and take it outside. Anyone with an old house with old forced air systems and an unfinished basement will probably have the same asbestos exposure just walking under the ducts as when you take this out.
Mitigating your risk involves encapsulating asbestos fibers, not getting asbestos airborne, and keeping fibers from getting in your lungs.
Encapsulating: spray adhesive, tape over existing with different tape, cover section with plastic before removal
Airborne: wet down asbestos, don’t damage, disturb, or cut through it, take it down in full pieces / sections. Bag it immediately.
Lungs: mask, respirator, take off your clothes and wash them after working, recycle air through working area. Other ppe specialty clothing (tyvek coveralls), filters that are made for asbestos fibers on fans/vacuums.
So for this job, I would, and have previously done, tape the existing asbestos, wet it with a spray bottle, worn a respirator (though not rated for asbestos and I have a beard which makes them much less effective.) and I probably went absolutely overkill.
I’ve gone through some demo projects where we didn’t know there was asbestos until after the tear out has started. It had a greater chance of being airborne. After that, we took more precautions, including negative air pressure with box fans in windows, respirators, lots of water, and being careful to take out large chunks of drywall manufactured in the 20’s.
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