PUBLIC LAW 99-519—OCT. 22, 1986
100 STAT. 2973
"(b) INSPECTION.—The Administrator shall promulgate regulations which prescribe procedures, including the use of personnel accredited under section 206(b) or 206(c) and laboratories accredited under section 206(d), for determining whether asbestos-containing material is present in a school building under the authority of a local educational agency. The regulations shall provide for the exclusion of any school building, or portion of a school building, if (1) an inspection of such school building (or portion) was completed before the effective date of the regulations, and (2) the inspection meets the procedures and other requirements of the regulations under this title or of the 'Guidance for Controlling Asbestos-Containing Materials in Buildings' (unless the Administrator determines that an inspection in accordance with the guidance document is inadequate). The regulations shall require inspection of any school building (or portion of a school building) that is not excluded by the preceding sentence. "(c)
CIRCUMSTANCES
REQUIRING
RESPONSE
ACTIONS.—(1)
The
Administrator shall promulgate regulations which define the appropriate response action in a school building under the authority of a local educational agency in at least the following circumstances: "(A) DAMAGE.—Circumstances in which friable asbestoscontaining material or its covering is damaged, deteriorated, or delaminated. "(B) SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE.—Circumstances in which friable asbestos-containing material or its covering is significantly damaged, deteriorated, or delaminated. "(C) POTENTIAL DAMAGE.—Circumstances in which—
"(i) friable asbestos-containing material is in an area regularly used by building occupants, including maintei nance personnel, in the course of their normal activities, v.i and "(ii) there is a reasonable likelihood that the material or its covering will become damaged, deteriorated, or delaminated. "(D)
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POTENTIAL
SIGNIFICANT
DAMAGE.—Circumstances
in
which— "(i) friable asbestos-containing material is in an area regularly used by building occupants, including maintenance personnel, in the course of their normal activities, and "(ii) there is a reasonable likelihood that the material or
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its covering will become significantly damaged, deteriorated, or delaminated. "(2) In promulgating such regulations, the Administrator shall consider and assess the value of various technologies intended to improve the decisionmaking process regarding response actions and the quality of any work that is deemed necessary, including air monitoring and chemical encapsulants. "(d) RESPONSE ACTIONS.— Health and "(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall promulgate regu- medical care. lations describing a response action in a school building under the authority of a local educational agency, using the least burdensome methods which protect human health and the environment. In determining the least burdensome methods, the Administrator shall take into account local circumstances, ic including occupancy and use patterns within the school building and short- and long-term costs.
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