The Environmental Protection Agency announced May 6 it had reached a settlement with Scranton, Pa. schools regarding alleged asbestos violations. The EPA alleged the school district had failed “to include all required elements in the asbestos management plans for 15 schools,” and that it failed, “to maintain complete, updated copies of the asbestos management plans for 19 schools in its administrative office and in the administrative offices of those schools.”
The Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA) is the section of the Toxic Substances Control …
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