In compliance with the Grand Jury recommendations CUSD released AHERA reports for CUSD school sites

The ABCs Of Asbestos in Schools

Source: https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/documents/abcsfinal.pdf

Districts are required to develop, maintain, and update an asbestos management plan and keep a copy at the District Office for public inspection. Also- each individual school should have a copy of the plan for their individual school.

For a complete list of School Asbestos Management Plan Requirements, see the Asbestos-Containing Materials in Schools Rule:
https://www.epa.gov/asbestos/code-federal-regulations-chapter-40-part-763-asbestos

For an example of what a plan should be see the Model AHERA Asbestos Management Plan for Local Education Agencies:
https://www.epa.gov/asbestos/model-ahera-asbestos-management-plan-local-education-agencies

San Clemente High School - a case study

AHEAR Contact for CUSD

Original Inspection:

The 1989 AHERA report showed Asbestos at San Clemente High School at the following locations with records reflecting what actions CUSD has taken to ABATE Asbestos issues at San Clemente High School:

Item #1 on page 2 of Report: Building 500

• Ceiling Panel - 11,300 square feet - (Re-sampled 5-9-91 No Asbestos Detected)

Item #2 on page 3 of Report: Building 700

• Boiler Room Flex Joint (ABATED 8/91)

Item #3 on page 3 Building 900

• Wrestling Room Vinyl Floor Tile (REMOVED Summer 1990 - no supporting documentation provided)

Item #4 on page 4 Triton Center - Kitchen

• Teachers Lounge 500 Flat Acoustic Spray on (ABATED 1-91)

• Cafeteria (1000 or 2000) square feet (1000 square feet ABATED 5/97)

• Flat Acoustic Spray on (ABATED 5/97 )

• Cafeteria Vinyl Floor Tile (1000 or 2000) square feet (ABATED 7/97)

• Exterior Wall A/C panel no documentation that this was completed

Item #5 Library on page 4

• 4,400 square feet of flat acoustic spray Edge of Library, Back of Stage (Re-sampled 5/25/1990 - No Asbestos detected)

Item #6 Shops 2 & 3 on page 4

• Storage Room Elbow Hot Water Supply (ABATED 8-91)

• Boiler Room Flex Joint (ABATED 8-91)

Item #7 Building S2 - Shops 4 & 5 on page 5

• Vinyl Floor Tile 6000 square feet (S2 4 & 5 Office ABATED 8-92 through 8-94) (PARTIAL ABATEMENT DOCUMENTED - Room S4 only)No documentation that S2 5 & Office were completed

Item #8 Building S3 - Shops 9, 10, 11 on page 5

• Room 59 A/C/Panel 500 Square Feet. No documentation that S2 5 & Office were completed

Item #9 Theater Entrance on page 6

• Flat Acoustic Spray On 6000 square feet(1000 square feet ABATED 8/91)

Following the initial inspection, districts are required to re-inspect asbestos-containing material in each school every three years and to report findings in an "asbestos management plan".

The following is San Clemente High School's 3-Year Inspection Dates. Asbestos Management Plan from 1989 to the present.

LATEST CERTIFICATION OF 3 YEAR RE-INSPECTION DATED APRIL 6, 2015

For each Item, the district is required to keep specific records as to what actions the district has taken to ABATE asbestos contamination.