KRS 56.062: Inspection -- Notice -- Asbestos agency account.

(1) The cabinet shall cause an inspection to be made of all buildings owned, leased or

operated by the Commonwealth for the presence of friable materials. If friable

materials are found as a result of such inspection, the cabinet shall have samples of

the fri able materials analyzed for asbestos in accordance with testing methods

established by the Environmental Protection Agency, as provided in 40 CFR

763.109 as amended.

(2) When friable asbestos -containing materials are identified in a state building, a

notice shall be conspicuously posted on each entrance to the building informing the

users of the building of their presence. The notice shall include the following

warning:

WARNING: THIS BUILDING HAS BEEN INSPECTED FOR FRIABLE

(EASILY CRUMBLED) MATERIALS WHI CH CONTAIN ASBESTOS.

FRIABLE ASBESTOS -CONTAINING MATERIALS MAY CAUSE HEALTH

PROBLEMS AND ARE PRESENT IN THIS BUILDING. A RECORD OF THE

INSPECTION AND A DIAGRAM OF THE LOCATION OF FRIABLE

ASBESTOS-CONTAINING MATERIALS ARE AVAILABLE IN ROOM ----- OF

THIS BUILDING.

(3) The cabinet shall provide to all persons employed in state buildings found to

contain friable asbestos -containing materials a written notice of the location, by

room or building area, of all friable asbestos-containing materials in the building.

(4) When friable asbestos -containing materials are not found as a result of inspection,

the following notice shall be conspicuously posted on each entrance to the building:

THIS BUILDING HAS BEEN INSPECTED FOR FRIABLE (EASILY

CRUMBLED) MATERIALS WHICH CONTAIN ASBESTOS. FRIABLE

ASBESTOS-CONTAINING MATERIAL MAY CAUSE HEALTH PROBLEMS.

THIS BUILDING DOES NOT CONTAIN FRIABLE ASBESTOS -CONTAINING

MATERIALS.

(5) When inspections identify asbestos -containing material that is not friable, the

cabinet shall caus e an annual inspection of the building to be made to determine if

the asbestos-containing material has become friable.

(6) When inspections identify asbestos in a building which has been enclosed or

encapsulated to prevent its spread, a notice shall be posted in the custodial offices of

the building informing maintenance personnel of the location of such materials.

(7) When asbestos-containing materials have been removed from a building, any notice

previously posted in such building pursuant to this section regarding the asbestos -

containing materials so removed may be removed.

(8) Expenditures required to implement this section may be paid from the asbestos

agency account established within the Finance and Administration Cabinet.