This agreement provides support to the massachusetts department of labor standard's (DLS) asbestos program in developing and maintaining compliance monitoring programs to prevent or eliminate…

This agreement provides support to the massachusetts department of labor standard's (DLS) asbestos program in developing and maintaining compliance monitoring programs to prevent or eliminate unreasonable risks to health or the environment associated with chemical substances or mixtures in their communities. The program's purpose is to protect human health and the environment. This agreement provides funds to implement and conduct asbestos inspections. Funds may also be used to encourage regulatory activities within the recipient's communities to establish their own asbestos program. The program's public purpose is to protect human health and the environment.activities:the recipient will implement a state program to conduct asbestos inspections at charter schools, public schools, private, non-profit schools, and religious schools in support of the asbestos-in-schools requirements. Recipients may also conduct inspections that fall under the model accreditation plan (map), tsca section 6 BAN and phase out rule, and the tsca asbestos worker protection standards. This program also encourages regulatory activities within the recipient's communities to establish their own programs for asbestos (waiver programs) and provides funds to support enforcement activities for asbestos waiver state programs. Recipients that have obtained an EPA waiver from the asbestos regulation (subpart e of part 763) also have enforcement responsibilities.subrecipient:$1,000 is for IT support for licensing system and database.outcomes:the anticipated deliverables of this assistance agreement include: (1) conduct 36 asbestos inspections and compliance monitoring activities, (2) provide technical assistance to local education agencies (leas) and the regulated community, and (3) distribute education and outreach. Anticipated outcomes of this assistance agreement are to prevent illness or disease that may be caused by environmental threats, both natural and human-made, and to reduce or eliminate harmful environmental exposures to asbestos by applying sound science and regulation to assess and minimize risk. Intended beneficiaries of this program include families and residents living in massachusetts.