254.21 Asbestos management.
(2) The department shall promulgate rules to do all of the following:
(a) Establish building inspection requirements and procedures to protect students and employees from asbestos hazards in schools.
(b) Regulate asbestos abatement activities in schools.
(c) Establish requirements for the maintenance of asbestos-containing material in schools which contain asbestos-containing material.
(d) Establish priorities for asbestos abatement activities in schools which contain asbestos-containing materials.
(e) Require a management plan for asbestos-containing material in every school which contains asbestos-containing material.
(2m) No requirement under sub. (2) may be stricter than any requirement under 15 USC 2641 to 2654.
(3) A school district and any school which is not a public school may apply to the department for a variance to any standard adopted under this section under the provisions of s. 101.055 (4) (a) to (c).
(4) Any person who intentionally violates any rule promulgated under this section shall forfeit not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 for each violation. Each violation constitutes a separate offense and each day of continued violation is a separate offense.
History: 1987 a. 396; 1993 a. 27 s. 364, 366; Stats. 1993 s. 254.21.