This agreement provides funding to continue a project to verify compliance with the asbestos hazard emergency response act (ahera) in the puerto rico's school system

The grant funds, among other things, will provide training to the department of natural and environmental resources' (dner) personnel to review local education agency management plans and build local capacity for managing an asbestos compliance program in schools in puerto rico. The purpose of this project is to provide funding and resources for state government to conduct asbestos inspections to make an assessment of existing asbestos conditions; asbestos management plans; and design of response actions and maintenance activities to ensure compliance with ahera. Evaluate compliance assistance to the local education agencies (LEA) in order to assure compliance with ahera. Funds will cover salary, training, transportation and personal protective equipment.activities:activities include: - personnel training and/or refresher - asbestos management plan evaluation - the management plans will be reviewed continuously as part of the school compliance evaluation. - removal actions evaluation - dner will evaluate removal actions as necessary. - private/public schools' inspections - dner plans to conduct inspections to schools to reduce asbestos associated risk and improve compliance. - quarterly reports - dner will prepare and submit quarterly reports 30 days after the end of each quarter (e.g. JAN 30, april 30, july 30, and october 30); and a final report is due 90 days after the end of the project (e.g. DEC 30).subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:the evaluation of the plans and inspections will guarantee that the necessary and appropriate actions are carried out, to protect the people and the environment in the island. Expected outcome include obtaining information about asbestos within PR's school buildings. The intended beneficiaries include the community in PR such as school teachers, students, parents, maintenance personnel, and general public.