                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

STANDARDS FOR INSPECTION OF BUILDINGS FOR ASBESTOS (§ 2.2-1164)

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 adopt standards for the inspection of state-owned and local
education agency buildings of all types and the ancillary facilities used in
connection therewith for the purpose of identifying the presence of asbestos and
to the extent practicable the relative hazard to health or safety posed by any
asbestos identified. The Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et seq.) shall
not apply to the adoption of standards under this section.

A. The standards shall include:

   1. Inspection for the presence, location and condition of asbestos-containing
   materials;

   2. Development of a building asbestos profile for each building inspected and
   found to contain asbestos-containing material, which profile shall:

      a. Include information regarding product type (surfacing material, thermal
      system insulation, or miscellaneous material), specific location, estimated
      quantity (in square or linear feet), type and percentage of asbestos
      content, and physical condition;

      b. Be kept in possession of the person designated pursuant to subsection E,
      at a location in the building where it is readily accessible to building
      employees or their designated representatives;

      c. Be updated as surveillance, test results and/or response actions are
      undertaken in the building.

B. The following standards are established for state-owned buildings:

   1. When air monitoring is used for building assessment, it shall be used in
   conjunction with comprehensive visual assessment techniques for determining
   the priority and nature of response action.

   2. The airborne asbestos reoccupancy level, to be measured upon completion of
   response actions, shall be equal to the reoccupancy standards established for
   buildings pursuant to subsection C.

C. The Director, in conjunction with the state Departments of Professional and
Occupational Regulation, Health, Labor and Industry, Education, and
Environmental Quality, shall adopt standards governing aggressive air sampling
after completion of an asbestos project for airborne asbestos for local
education agencies and public institutions of higher education.

D. Asbestos management plans for state-owned buildings shall include:

   1. Operation and maintenance programs, including procedures for the
   notification of maintenance and housekeeping personnel of the location of
   asbestos-containing materials likely to be disturbed during routine building
   operations; the labeling of asbestos-containing materials in routine
   maintenance areas; and work practices, engineering controls or personal
   protective measures to minimize asbestos exposure to such personnel and other
   building occupants;

   2. Training requirements for maintenance workers and maintenance supervisory
   personnel;

   3. Assurance of compliance by contractors with licensing under applicable
   state laws and regulations; and

   4. Provisions for setting priorities of buildings for response actions.

E. Each person responsible for such management plans shall designate one member
of the maintenance personnel in or responsible for each building containing
asbestos-containing materials to serve as the liaison to coordinate the specific
efforts of such program within the particular building to which the liaison is
assigned.

HISTORY: 1985, c. 534, § 2.1-526.14; 1986, cc. 288, 560; 1988, c. 723; 1993, c.
660; 2001, c. 844.