Asbestos Letter/AHERA

 Notification of Asbestos Management Plan Availability and Response Actions

The Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA) from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (40 CFR 763) and the State of Connecticut Asbestos-Containing Materials in Schools Regulation (CT State Statutes 19a-333-1 through 13) requires that written notice be given annually that the schools and education programs listed below have management plans for the safe control and maintenance of asbestos-containing materials (ACM) found in the buildings.

These management plans are available and accessible to the general public at each school's and programs administrative office and at the Board of Education Office during regular business hours. These management plans also satisfy the school district's employer hazard communication requirements under the Federal Department of Labor (OSHA) asbestos exposure General Industry Standard (29 CFR 1910.1001).

Additionally, this serves as notice that the three-year re-inspection of asbestos-containing materials was completed in December, 2021. Since the previous re-inspection of 2018: During the summer of 2021, at City Hill Middle School, 1,000 sq. feet of VCT tile flooring and baseboard/cove base on the lower level halfway was removed and replaced. The next AHERA three year re-inspection of our public schools is planned for November, 2024.