Sec.19a-333-10. Management plans

(a) Each local education agency shall develop an asbestos management plan for each school, including all buildings that they lease, own, or otherwise use as school buildings, and submit the plan to the Department.

(1) Any asbestos management plan developed under the Act, before December 31, 1992, and submitted to the State pursuant to the Act, shall satisfy the requirements of this section for any building covered by said plan.

(2) If any building or part of any building to be used as a school is leased or acquired after December 31, 1992, the local education agency shall include the building or part of the building in the management plan prior to its use or occupancy of the building or part of the building as a school. The management plan shall be submitted to the Department and approved prior to use or occupancy of the building or part of the building as a school.

(b) The Department shall review and either approve or disapprove the management plan.

(c) Each local education agency must implement its management plan prior to its use or occupancy of the building or part of the building as a school, and complete implementation based on the schedule approved by the Department.

(d) Each local education agency shall maintain and update its management plan to keep it current with ongoing operations and maintenance, periodic surveillance, inspection, reinspection, and response action activities. All provisions required to be included in the management plan under this section shall be retained as part of the management plan, as well as any information that has been revised to bring the plan up-to-date.

(e) The management plan shall be developed by an accredited management planner and shall include:

(1) a list of the name and address of each school building and whether the school building contains friable ACBM, nonfriable ACBM and friable and nonfriable suspected ACBM assumed to be ACM;

(2) a list of specific steps or actions to be completed prior to the use or occupancy of the building or part of the building as a school;

(3) for each inspection conducted before December 14, 1987:

(A) the date of the inspection,

(B) a blueprint, diagram, or written description of each school building that identifies clearly each location and approximate square or linear footage of any homogeneous or sampling area where material was sampled for ACM, and, if possible, the exact locations where bulk samples were collected, and the dates of collection,

(C) a copy of the analyses of any bulk samples, dates of analyses, and a copy of any other laboratory reports pertaining to the analyses.

(D) a description of any response actions or preventive measures taken to reduce asbestos exposure including, if possible, the names and addresses of all contractors involved, start and completion dates of the work, and results of any air samples analyzed during and upon completion of the work,

(E) a description of assessments, required to be made under section 19a-333-6 of the regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, of material that was identified before December 14, 1987, as friable ACBM or friable suspected ACBM assumed to be ACM, and the name, signature, and state of accreditation, and if applicable, accreditation number of each accredited person making the assessments;

(4) for each inspection and reinspection conducted under section 19a-333-3 of the regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:

(A) the date of the inspection or reinspection, and the name and signature, state of accreditation and, if applicable, the accreditation number of each accredited inspector performing the inspection or reinspection.

(B) a blueprint, diagram, or written description of each school building which identifies clearly each location and approximate square or linear footage of homogeneous areas where material was sampled for ACM, the exact location where each bulk sample was collected, date of collection, homogeneous areas where friable suspected ACBM is assumed to be ACM, and where nonfriable suspected ACBM is assumed to be ACM,

(C) a description of the manner used to determine sampling locations, and the name and signature of each accredited inspector collecting samples, the state of accreditation, and if applicable, his or her accreditation number,

(D) a copy of the analyses of any bulk samples collected and analyzed, the name and address of any laboratory that analyzed bulk samples, a statement that the laboratory meets the applicable requirements of subsection (a) of section 19a-333-5 of the regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, the date of analysis, and the name and signature of the person performing the analysis,

(E) a description of assessments, required to be made under section 19a-333-6 of the regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, of all ACBM and suspected ACBM assumed to be ACM, and the name, signature, state of accreditation, and if applicable, accreditation number of each accredited person making the assessments.

(5) the name, address, and telephone number of the person designated under section 19a-333-2 of the regulations of Connecticut State Agencies to ensure that the duties of the local education agency are carried out, and the course name, and dates and hours of training taken by that person to carry out the duties;

(6) the recommendations made to the local education agency regarding response actions, under subsection (e) of section 19a-333-6 of the regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, the name, signature, state of accreditation of each person making the recommendations, and if applicable, his or her accreditation number;

(7) a detailed description of preventive measures and response actions to be taken, including methods to be used for any friable ACBM, the locations where such measures and action will be taken, reasons for selecting the response action or preventive measure, and a schedule for beginning and completing each preventive measure and response action;

(8) with respect to the person or persons who inspected for ACBM and who will design or carry out response actions, except for operations and maintenance with respect to the ACBM, a statement that the person is accredited;

(9) a detailed description, which shall be updated as response actions are completed, in the form of a blueprint, diagram, or in writing of any ACBM or suspected ACBM assumed to be ACM which remains in the school once response actions are undertaken pursuant to section 19a-333-7 of the regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;

(10) a plan for reinspection under section 19a-333-3 of the regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, a plan for operations and maintenance activities under section 19a-333-8 of the regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, and a plan for periodic surveillance under section 19a-333-9 of the regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, a description of the recommendation made by the management planner regarding additional cleaning under subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of section 19a-333-8 of the regulations of Connecticut State Agencies as part of an operations and maintenance program, and the response of the local education agency to that recommendation;

(11) a description of steps taken to inform workers and building occupants, or their legal guardians, about inspections, reinspections, response actions, and post-response action activities, including periodic reinspection and surveillance activities that are planned or in progress;

(12) an evaluation of the resources needed to complete response actions successfully and carry out reinspection, operations and maintenance, periodic surveillance and training;

(13) with respect to each consultant who contributed to the management plan, the name of the consultant and a statement that the consultant is accredited.

(f) Upon submission of a management plan to the Department for review, a local education agency shall maintain in its administrative office a complete, updated copy of a management plan for each school under its administrative control or direction.

(1) The management plans shall be available, without cost or restriction, for inspection by representatives of EPA and the State, the public, including teachers, other school personnel and their representatives, and parents. The local education agency may charge a reasonable cost to make copies of management plans.

(2) Each school shall maintain in its administrative office a complete, updated copy of the management plan for that school. Management plans shall be available for inspection, without cost or restriction, to workers before work begins in any area of a school building. The school shall make management plans available upon demand for inspection to representatives of EPA and the State. The school shall make management plans available to the public, including parents, teachers, and other school personnel and their representatives within five (5) working days after receiving a request for inspection. The school may charge a reasonable cost to make copies of the management plan.

(3) Upon submission of its management plan to the Department and at least once each school year, the local education agency shall notify in writing parents, teachers, and employee organizations of the availability of management plans and shall include in the management plan a description of the steps taken to notify such organizations, and a dated copy of the notification. In the absence of any such organizations for parents, teachers, or employees, the local education agency shall provide written notice to that relevant group of the availability of management plans and shall include in the management plan a description of the steps taken to notify such groups, and a dated copy of the notification.

(g) Records required under section 19a-333-11 of the regulations of Connecticut State Agencies shall be made by local education agencies and maintained as part of the management plan.

(h) Each management plan must contain a true and correct statement, signed by the individual designated by the local education agency under section 19a-333-2 of the regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, which certifies that the general local education agency responsibilities, as stipulated by section 19a-333-2 of the regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, have been met or will be met.

(Effective December 1, 1992)