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In 1988/89 the US EPA enacted legislation (AHERA – Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act - 40 CFR 763) mandating that all schools systems identify asbestos within each school. As part of this legislation each school system is now also required to develop a management plan for each school with known or suspect asbestos. These plans should be available for review in each school. In addition, the EPA requires that each school system designate one person to be responsible for all activities involving asbestos within the system (the LEA Designee). The LEA Designee is tasked with a number of responsibilities including making sure each school with asbestos is inspected every six months and that every three years an outside accredited inspector re-inspect each school. All of these activities including any updates to the management plan are to be documented by the LEA Designee. The EPA is now periodically auditing schools to verify that they are compliance with the standard.

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