Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Part III - Air
Chapter 27 - Asbestos-Containing Materials (ACM) in Schools and State Buildings
Section III-2721 - Training and Periodic Surveillance
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code III-2721
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Training
1. The local education agency or the state
government shall ensure, prior to the implementation of the O and M provisions
of the management plan, that all members of its maintenance and custodial staff
(custodians, electricians, heating/air conditioning engineers, plumbers, etc.)
who may work in a building that contains ACBM receive at least two hours of
awareness training whether or not they are required to work with ACBM. New
custodial and maintenance employees shall be trained within 60 days after
commencement of employment. Training shall include, but not be limited to:
a. information regarding asbestos and its
various uses and forms;
b.
information on the health effects associated with asbestos exposure;
c. locations of ACBM identified throughout
each school or state building in which they work;
d. recognition of damage, deterioration, and
delamination of ACBM; and
e. name
and telephone number of the person designated to carry out general local
education agency or the state government responsibilities under LAC 33:III.2705
and the availability and location of the management plan.
2. The local education agency or the state
government shall ensure that all members of its maintenance and custodial staff
who conduct any activities that will result in the disturbance of 3 square or
linear feet of ACBM or less shall receive the training described in Paragraph
A.1 of this Section and 14 hours of additional training. Additional training
shall include, but not be limited to:
a.
descriptions of the proper methods of handling ACBM;
b. information on the use of respiratory
protection as contained in the EPA/NIOSH Guide to Respiratory Protection for
the Asbestos Abatement Industry, September 1986 (EPA 560/OPTS-86-001),
available from TSCA Assistance Office (TS-799), Office of Toxic Substances,
Environmental Protection Agency, RM. E-543, 401 M St., S.W., Washington, D.C.
20460, and other personal protection measures;
c. the provisions of this Section and LAC
33:III.2717, LAC 33:III.2799, Appendix A, regulations contained in LAC
33:III.Chapter 51, Subchapter M, EPA regulations contained in 40 CFR 763,
subpart G, and OSHA regulations contained in
29 CFR
1926.1101; and
d. hands-on training in the use of
respiratory protection, other personal protection measures, and good work
practices.
3. The local
education agency or the state government shall ensure that all members of its
maintenance and custodial staff who conduct any activities that will result in
the disturbance of more than 3 square or linear feet of ACBM shall receive the
training described in LAC 33:III.2739.B.3.
4. Local education agency or the state
government maintenance and custodial staff who have attended accredited
asbestos training or received equivalent training for O and M and periodic
surveillance activities involving asbestos shall be considered trained for the
purposes of this Section.
B. Periodic Surveillance
1. At least once every six months after a
management plan is in effect, each local education agency or the state
government shall conduct periodic surveillance in each building that it leases,
owns, or uses as a school or state building that contains ACBM or is assumed to
contain ACBM.
2. Each person
performing periodic surveillance shall:
a.
visually inspect all areas that are identified in the management plan as ACBM
or assumed ACBM;
b. record the date
of the surveillance, his or her name, and any changes in the condition of the
materials; and
c. submit to the
person designated to carry out general local education agency or state
government responsibilities under LAC 33:III.2705 a copy of such record for
inclusion in the management plan.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:2344 and 40:1749.1.
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