                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

INSPECTION OF STATE-OWNED BUILDINGS; MARKING LOCATIONS WHERE ASBESTOS FOUND;
RISK ABATEMENT AND ESTIMATE OF COST THEREOF (§ 2.2-1163)

The Director at the direction of the Secretary and in cooperation with any other
appropriate agencies including but not limited to the Department of Education
shall ensure that every building owned by the Commonwealth or any agency of the
Commonwealth which has not previously been inspected by competent personnel as
provided below is inspected as soon as practical by competent personnel who have
the training and equipment necessary to identify (i) the presence of asbestos,
and (ii) to the extent practicable the relative hazard or hazards to health and
safety posed at each location at which asbestos is identified. Every location at
which asbestos is identified shall be clearly marked with suitably designed
signs or labels. The Director shall prepare an accurate estimate of the cost of
abating the risk of all asbestos so identified. The Director shall also
establish a list of abatement priorities, which shall include the estimated cost
of abating the risk at each location on the list. To the extent that funds are
available, and in accordance with the priorities established by the Director,
the agency or institution of the Commonwealth responsible for the maintenance of
buildings at any such location shall proceed to abate the risk at such
locations.

HISTORY: 1985, c. 534, § 2.1-526.13; 1986, cc. 288, 560; 2001, c. 844.