Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Part III - Air
Chapter 27 - Asbestos-Containing Materials (ACM) in Schools and State Buildings
Section III-2739 - Agent Accreditation
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code III-2739
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Applicability. The provisions of this Section are applicable to all persons who are involved in abatement, disposal, and/or maintenance involving friable ACM in schools, and state buildings.
B. Requirements
1. Except as provided in
Paragraph B.2 of this Section, all personnel who design, supervise, or perform
response actions; work as management planners; inspect sites; or maintain
materials involving friable ACM shall be accredited in accordance with LAC
33:III.2799.Appendix A.
2. Except
for contracted abatement workers, workers who are engaged in maintenance that
may disturb 3 square or linear feet of ACBM or less shall receive the training
described in LAC 33:III.2721.A.2 of this Chapter and must work under the close
direction of an accredited supervisor during any work they perform which may
disturb asbestos.
3. Workers who
are engaged in maintenance that disturbs more than 3 square or linear feet of
ACBM which does involve its actual removal, enclosure, repair, or encapsulation
shall receive their initial and refresher training from a recognized training
provider in accordance with these regulations. This training shall be in
accordance with the asbestos abatement worker course as described in LAC
33:III.2799, Appendix A, Paragraph B.5, Initial Training and Subsection D,
Refresher Training Courses. Workers who participate in the type of project
described in this Paragraph shall be accredited in accordance with LAC
33:III.2799, Appendix A and shall work under the close direction of an
accredited supervisor during any work they perform.
4. Supervisors who are directing workers who
may disturb ACM shall receive their initial and refresher training in
accordance with LAC 33:III.2799, Appendix A, Paragraph B.4, and Subsection D,
Refresher Training Courses from a recognized training provider in accordance
with these regulations. Supervisors who participate in the type of project
referenced in this Paragraph are responsible for ensuring that:
a. all personnel are properly trained as
specified in LAC 33:III.2721;
b.
training records are available within the facility where the work is performed;
and
c. all work is performed in
accordance with LAC 33:III.Chapter 51.Subchapter M; LAC 33:III.Chapter 27; 40
CFR 763, Subpart G, and other applicable state and federal
regulations.
5. Readily
available proof of accreditation for workers and supervisors shall be at the
job site or within the facility's confines.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:2344 and 40:1749.1.
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