BEMA Network Members:
These types of violations should never have occurred with the confines of the U.S. within any state.
Federal guidelines for asbestos contamination and removal may be affecting schools, public meeting locations, and other facilities in your communities.
Zero tolerance for public safety. Not only should the school districts be fined, but State public safety and & health agencies must be held accountable to absorb these fines and recovery effort for the community, with no reduction in school services for the education of our children.
Charles D. Sharp
Chief Executive
Black Emergency Managers Association.
For Immediate Release: Feb 19,
2013
Contact: Rusty Harris-Bishop,
415-972-3140, harris-bishop.rusty@epa.gov
EPA
fines six Arizona school districts for asbestos
violations
More than
15,000 students to be protected by additional inspections, asbestos plans
SAN
FRANCISCO -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has fined six
Arizona school districts a combined total of $94,575 for Asbestos
Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA) violations. More than 15,000 children
attend the 25 schools not in compliance with the federal AHERA in these
districts.
During inspections conducted in 2011, EPA
inspectors discovered numerous violations, from failing to inspect facilities
for asbestos containing materials, failing to re-inspect campuses with known
asbestos containing materials, and failing to have an Asbestos Management Plan.
All of the school districts have since taken necessary actions to comply with
the law, with the cost of compliance reducing the penalties in most cases to
zero.
“Asbestos in schools has the potential to
harm the health of students, teachers, and maintenance workers,” said Jared
Blumenfeld, EPA’s Regional Administrator for the Pacific Southwest. “EPA takes
these violations seriously, and we are satisfied the schools have now conducted
inspections and put their asbestos plans in place.”
Each school
district is allowed to subtract properly documented costs of complying with the
regulations from the penalty amount. The six school districts are:
Federal law requires schools to conduct an initial
inspection using accredited inspectors to determine if asbestos-containing
building material is present and develop a management plan to address the
asbestos materials found in the school buildings. Schools are also required to
appoint a designated person who is trained to oversee asbestos activities and
ensure compliance with federal regulations. Finally, schools must conduct
periodic surveillance and re-inspections of asbestos-containing building
material, properly train the maintenance and custodial staff, and maintain
records in the management plan.
Local education agencies must keep an updated copy of the
management plan in its administrative office and at the school which must be
made available for inspection by parents, teachers, and the general
public.
For more information about federal asbestos regulations
visit: http://www.epa.gov/asbestos/lawsregs.html
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