Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 254 - Environmental health.
254.21 - Asbestos management.

254.21 Asbestos management.
(2) The department shall promulgate rules to do all of the following:
(a) Establish building inspection requirements and procedures to protect students and employees from asbestos hazards in schools.
(b) Regulate asbestos abatement activities in schools.
(c) Establish requirements for the maintenance of asbestos-containing material in schools which contain asbestos-containing material.
(d) Establish priorities for asbestos abatement activities in schools which contain asbestos-containing materials.
(e) Require a management plan for asbestos-containing material in every school which contains asbestos-containing material.
(2m) No requirement under sub. (2) may be stricter than any requirement under 15 USC 2641 to 2654.
(3) A school district and any school which is not a public school may apply to the department for a variance to any standard adopted under this section under the provisions of s. 101.055 (4) (a) to (c).
(4) Any person who intentionally violates any rule promulgated under this section shall forfeit not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 for each violation. Each violation constitutes a separate offense and each day of continued violation is a separate offense.
History: 1987 a. 396; 1993 a. 27 s. 364, 366; Stats. 1993 s. 254.21.

Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations

Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations

Chapter 254 - Environmental health.

254.01 - Definitions.

254.015 - Departmental power; designation.

254.02 - Health risk assessments.

254.04 - Authority of department of safety and professional services.

254.05 - Joint employment.

254.11 - Definitions.

254.115 - Denial, nonrenewal and revocation of certification and permit based on delinquent taxes or unemployment insurance contributions.

254.12 - Use or sale of lead-bearing paints.

254.13 - Reporting requirements.

254.15 - Departmental duties.

254.151 - Lead poisoning or lead exposure prevention grants.

254.152 - Delegation to local health departments.

254.154 - Local authority.

254.156 - Definition of lead poisoning or lead exposure.

254.158 - Screening recommendations.

254.162 - Screening requirements.

254.164 - Care for children with lead poisoning or lead exposure.

254.166 - Response to reports of lead poisoning or lead exposure.

254.167 - Conduct of lead investigation.

254.168 - Lead investigations of facilities serving children under 6 years of age.

254.172 - Prevention and control of lead-bearing paint hazards in dwellings and premises.

254.174 - Technical advisory committees.

254.176 - Certification requirements.

254.178 - Accreditation of lead training courses and approval of lead instructors.

254.179 - Rules for dwellings and premises.

254.18 - Lead hazard reduction in dwellings and premises; renovations.

254.181 - Certificate of lead-free status and certificate of lead-safe status; fees and notification.

254.182 - Repayment to general fund.

254.19 - Asbestos testing fees.

254.20 - Asbestos abatement certification.

254.21 - Asbestos management.

254.22 - Indoor air quality.

254.30 - Enforcement; penalties.

254.31 - Definitions.

254.33 - Public policy.

254.335 - Agreements with the U.S. nuclear regulatory commission transition.

254.34 - Powers and duties.

254.35 - Registration of ionizing radiation installations.

254.365 - Licensing of radioactive material.

254.37 - Enforcement.

254.38 - Emergency authority.

254.39 - Exceptions.

254.41 - Radiation monitoring of nuclear power plants.

254.45 - Penalties.

254.46 - Beaches.

254.50 - Definition.

254.51 - Powers and duties.

254.52 - Lyme disease; treatment, information and research.

254.55 - Definitions.

254.56 - Public places.

254.57 - Smoke.

254.58 - Powers of villages, cities and towns.

254.59 - Human health hazards.

254.593 - Authority of the department and local health departments.

254.595 - Property violating codes or health orders.

254.911 - Definitions.

254.916 - Investigations.

254.92 - Purchase or possession of cigarettes or tobacco products by person under 18 prohibited.