The purpose of this chapter is to protect the public health, safety, and environment of the people of this state by authorizing the Board of Natural Resources to adopt, administer, and enforce a program for licensing contractors and for requiring training for asbestos supervisors, and by managing the removal or encapsulation of friable asbestos-containing materials from facilities and residential dwellings in the safest manner possible. This chapter establishes a program of contractor licensing and a program of notification, fees, and certification for asbestos removal or encapsulation projects to be administered by the director of the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources.
History. Code 1981, § 12-12-2 , enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 1157, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 238, § 1.
Structure Georgia Code
Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources
§ 12-12-4. Rules and Regulations; Schedule of Contractor License and Project Fees
§ 12-12-5. Powers and Duties of Director
§ 12-12-6. License Requirement; Application; Renewal; Exception
§ 12-12-7. Training Requirements
§ 12-12-9. Denial, Revocation, or Suspension of License; Grounds; Review of Decision
§ 12-12-10. Notice of Commencement of Project; Contents; Project Fee; Certification of Completion
§ 12-12-11. Compliance With Chapter Required
§ 12-12-12. Investigation Rights of Director; Contractor to Make Records Available
§ 12-12-13. Cease and Desist Orders
§ 12-12-14. Injunctions; Restraining and Other Orders
§ 12-12-15. Imminent and Substantial Danger; Remedies of Director
§ 12-12-16. Civil Penalty for Violation; Hearing and Judicial Review; Disposition of Penalties
§ 12-12-17. Hearing and Judicial Review Procedure
§ 12-12-18. Judgment in Accordance With Order of Director or Administrative Law Judge
§ 12-12-19. Attorney General to Provide Legal Representation