ASBESTOS MANAGEMENT PLANNER COURSE DESCRIPTION AND SYLLABUS

This is a two training course consisting of lectures, demonstrations, course review and a written examination. Prerequisite is the 3 day Inspector course which will be verified before admission. There is no time limit stipulated in the regulations between the dates of the inspector training and the management planner course. The course addresses the following topics:

(A) course overview: the role and responsibilities of the management planner; operations and maintenance programs; setting work priorities and protection of facility occupants;

(B) evaluation/interpretation of survey results: review of TSCA Title II requirements for inspection and management plans for school buildings as given in section 203 (i)(1) TSCA Title II; interpretation of field data and laboratory results and comparison of field inspector's data sheet with laboratory results and site survey;

(C) hazard assessment: amplification of the difference between physical assessment and hazard assessment; the role of the management planner in hazard assessment; explanation of significant damage, damage, potential damage, and potential significant damage; use of a description or decision tree code for assessment of ACM; assessment of friable ACM and relationship of accessibility, vibration sources, use of adjoining space, and air plenums and other factors to hazard assessment;

(D) legal implications: liability; insurance issues specific to planners; liabilities associated with interim control measures, inhouse- maintenance, repair and removal and use of results from previously performed inspections;

(E) evaluation and selection of control options: overview of encapsulation, enclosure, interim operations and maintenance and removal; advantages and disadvantages of each method; response actions described via a decision tree or other appropriate method; work practices for each response action; staging and prioritizing of work in both vacant and occupied facilities and the need for containment barriers and decontamination in response actions;

(F) role of other professionals: use of industrial hygienists, engineers and architects in developing technical specifications for response actions; any requirements that may exist for architect sign-off of plans and team approach to design of high-quality job specifications.

(G) developing an operations and maintenance Plan: purpose of the plan; discussion of applicable EPA guidance documents; what actions should be taken by custodial staff; proper cleaning procedures; steam cleaning and HEPA-vacuuming; reducing disturbance of ACM; scheduling operation and maintenance for off-hours; rescheduling or canceling renovations in areas with ACM; boiler room maintenance; disposal of ACM; in-house procedures for ACM-bridging and penetrating encapsulants; pipe fittings; metal sleeves; polyvinyl chloride (PVC), canvas and wet wraps; muslin with straps; fiber mesh cloth; mineral wool, and insulating cement; discussion of employee protection programs and staff training; case study in developing an operation and maintenance plan to include the development, implementation process and problems that have been experienced.

 (H) regulatory review: focusing on the OSHA Asbestos Construction Standard found at 29 CFR 1926.1001; NESHAP requirements, found at 40 CFR Part 61 Subparts A (General Provisions) and M (National Emission Standards for Asbestos); EPA Worker Protection Rule found at 40 CFR Part 763, Subpart G; TSCA Title II; applicable state and local regulations, and differences in federal and state requirements where they apply and the effects, if any, on public and non-public schools;

(I) recordkeeping for the management planner: use of field inspector's data sheet along with laboratory results; on-going recordkeeping as a means to track asbestos disturbance and procedures for recordkeeping.

(J) assembling and submitting the management plan: plan requirements. for schools in TSCA Title II Section 203 (i) (1); the management plan as a planning tool;

(K) financing abatement actions: economic analysis and cost estimates; development of cost estimates; present costs of abatement versus future operation and maintenance costs; Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act grants and loans; and

(L) course review: a review of key aspects of the training course