Asbestos Management: EPA Observations

Read about the EPA Region 7’s observations regarding Asbestos Management for Kansas, Missour, Nebraska and the Tribal Regions.

The most significant observation I have noted to date is the continuing lack of an accurate and complete outline of where all asbestos containing material is present in each school. Even though each public school has been inspected by at least two different state licensed asbestos inspectors, we continue to discover new ACM at the schools.

This suggests to me that the inspectors may need additional training to improve the quality of their reviews, and that each school system should realize that these reviews may not locate and identify all ACM present at the school.

Furthermore, each school system may also wish to assume a more assertive and proactive approach when monitoring or abating these problems to compensate for this degree of uncertainty.

Courtesy of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency