Sec.19a-333-2. General local education agency responsibilities

Each local education agency shall:

(a) ensure that the activities of any persons who perform inspections, reinspections, and periodic surveillance, develop and update management plans, and develop and implement response actions, including operations and maintenance, are carried out in accordance with the requirements of sections 19a-333-1 through 19a-333-13 of the regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;

(b) ensure that all custodial and maintenance employees are properly trained as required by sections 19a-333-1 through 19a-333-13 of the regulations of Connecticut State Agencies and other applicable federal and/or state regulations (e.g., the OSHA asbestos standard for construction or applicable state regulations);

(c) ensure that workers and building occupants, or their legal guardians, are informed at least once each school year about inspections, response actions, and post-response action activities, including periodic reinspections and surveillance activities that are planned or in progress;

(d) ensure that short-term workers (e.g., telephone repair workers, utility workers, or exterminators) who may come in contact with asbestos in a school are provided information regarding the locations of ACBM and suspected ACBM assumed to be ACM;

(e) ensure that warning labels are posted in accordance with section 19a-333-12 of the regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;

(f) ensure that management plans are available for inspection and notification of such availability has been provided as specified in the management plan under subsection (f) of section 19a-333-10 of the regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;

(g) designate a person to ensure that requirements under this section are properly implemented;

(h) ensure that the training of the person designated under subsection (g) of this section provides a basic knowledge of:

(1) health effects of asbestos,

(2) detection, identification, and assessment of ACM,

(3) options for controlling ACBM,

(4) asbestos management programs, and

(5) relevant federal and state regulations concerning asbestos, including but not necessarily limited to those in sections 19a-333-1 through 19a-333-13 of the regulations of Connecticut State Agencies and those of the following federal agencies;

(A) Occupational Safety and Health Administration, (B) Department of Labor, (C) Department of Transportation and (D) Environmental Protection Agency;

(i) avoid any conflict of interest in the selection of accredited personnel to perform activities under sections 19a-333-1 through 19a-333-13 of the regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.

(Effective December 1, 1992)