The Asbestos-in-Schools Identification and Notification Rule effective June 28, 1982, required all public and private local education agencies (LEAs) to (1) inspect for friable materials; (2) sample and analyze these materials when found; (3) post notice of inspection results and notify employees and parents in schools with asbestos-containing friable materials (ACFM); and (4) maintain records of the findings at the LEAs and schools. A stratified systematic sample of 1,800 public and 800 private LEAs was randomly selected proportionate to the square root of enrollment. A telephone survey found that 83 percent of the LEAs have begun or completed inspections and 94 percent of all schools have been inspected. Of the schools inspected, 35 percent found ACFM. Almost all LEAs with ACFM have abatement programs (93%), about one-third of which (31%) are operations/maintenance only. Only 9 percent of the LEAs were in compliance with the rule by June 28, 1983, the rule's compliance date; and 11 percent were by January 1984, the date of the survey. Record-keeping and notification were the major problem areas of noncompliance. QA site visits were made to 38 LEAs and 94 schools within these LEAs were inspected. The LEA data collected during the site visits agreed substantially with the telephone survey data.

Cover title: Evaluation of the asbestos-in-schools identification and notification rule. "Westat, Inc." "Battelle Columbus Laboratories." "October 1984." "EPA 560/5-84-005." "Subcontract no. A-3043(8149)-270." "Contract no. 68-01-6721."