AGENCY: Department of Environmental Quality. Division of Environmental Response and Remediation
SERIES: 81765
TITLE: Asbestos survey files
DATES: 1986-1991.
ARRANGEMENT: none
DESCRIPTION: These are the files created to identify the location of asbestos materials in state owned buildings and to determine the health hazard that they pose. Includes Asbestos Survey Inspection Form, Friable Material Areas Outside Fan/Boiler Rooms, Fan/Boiler Room Friable Material Areas, and Asbestos Bulk Sample Data Sheet. Information includes the name of the building, the location of the building, the members of the survey team, the date the building was constructed, the total square footage, the name and telephone number of the building contact person, the average resident and nonresident usage during the day, the average age of the occupant, the amount of friable material, the type of asbestos material used in the building, the type of fibrous non-asbestos material used in the building, and the hazard ranking.
RETENTION
Retain for 40 year(s)
DISPOSITION
Destroy.
RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION
These records are in Archives' permanent custody.
APPROVED: 03/1987
FORMAT MANAGEMENT
Paper: Retain in Office for 5 years and then transfer to State Records Center. Retain in State Records Center for 35 years and then destroy.
APPRAISAL
Administrative
Although the federal government requires that information on asbestos exposure be maintained for twenty years (40 CFR 763.123), the latency period for asbestos related disease is longer. A retention of 40 years should ensure that should an employee develop later health problems, information on asbestos exposure will be available.