56.062 Inspection -- Notice -- Asbestos agency account.
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(1)The cabinet shall cause an inspection to be made of all buildings owned, leased or
operated by the Commonwealth for the presence of friable materials. If friable
materials are found as a result of such inspection, the cabinet shall have samples of
the friable materials analyzed for asbestos in accordance with testing methods
established by the Environmental Protection Agency, as provided in 40 CFR
763.109 as amended.
(2)When friable asbestos-containing materials are identified in a state building, a
notice shall be conspicuously posted on each entrance to the building informing the
users of the building of their presence. The notice shall include the following
warning:
WARNING: THIS BUILDING HAS BEEN INSPECTED FOR FRIABLE
(EASILY CRUMBLED) MATERIALS WHICH CONTAIN ASBESTOS.
FRIABLE ASBESTOS-CONTAINING MATERIALS MAY CAUSE HEALTH
PROBLEMS AND ARE PRESENT IN THIS BUILDING. A RECORD OF THE
INSPECTION AND A DIAGRAM OF THE LOCATION OF FRIABLE
ASBESTOS-CONTAINING MATERIALS ARE AVAILABLE IN ROOM ----- OF
THIS BUILDING.
(3)The cabinet shall provide to all persons employed in state buildings found to
contain friable asbestos-containing materials a written notice of the location, by
room or building area, of all friable asbestos-containing materials in the building.
(4)When friable asbestos-containing materials are not found as a result of inspection,
the following notice shall be conspicuously posted on each entrance to the building:
THIS BUILDING HAS BEEN INSPECTED FOR FRIABLE (EASILY
CRUMBLED) MATERIALS WHICH CONTAIN ASBESTOS. FRIABLE
ASBESTOS-CONTAINING MATERIAL MAY CAUSE HEALTH PROBLEMS.
THIS BUILDING DOES NOT CONTAIN FRIABLE ASBESTOS-CONTAINING
MATERIALS.
(5)When inspections identify asbestos-containing material that is not friable, the
cabinet shall cause an annual inspection of the building to be made to determine if
the asbestos-containing material has become friable.
(6)When inspections identify asbestos in a building which has been enclosed or
encapsulated to prevent its spread, a notice shall be posted in the custodial offices of
the building informing maintenance personnel of the location of such materials.
(7)When asbestos-containing materials have been removed from a building, any notice
previously posted in such building pursuant to this section regarding the asbestos-
containing materials so removed may be removed.
(8)Expenditures required to implement this section may be paid from the asbestos
agency account established within the Finance and Administration Cabinet.