EXECUTIVE ORDERS
year, and more often as necessary, and shall:

(a)  Develop and annually update an Asbestos
Management Plan, which shall consist of:

(i) A safety, health and equipment program;

(ii) A training and medical monitoring
program;

(iii) A Statewide operations and maintenance
program; and

(iv) An Asbestos Abatement Plan which
includes a prioritized schedule of abatement activities;
projected costs, based upon criteria established in advance
by the full committee; and criteria for managing asbestos
projects which may require significant renovations, as well
as renovation projects which may require significant
asbestos abatement.

(b)  Review, evaluate and promulgate asbestos
policy, procedures and practices consistent with existing
COMAR, EPA, OSHA and MOSH Regulations;

(c)  Evaluate asbestos abatement project proposals
and establish abatement contract guidelines and criteria for
State-owned facilities;

(d)  Develop and present to the Governor and the
General Assembly by the first day of October each year, a
consolidated budget for asbestos management for State
facilities that also sets forth the relevant portions of the
operating budget of any agency responsible for asbestos
management activities, priorities and describes abatement
and safety projects, and is consistent with the Asbestos
Management Plan.

(5)  When the members of the Committee have prepared the
Asbestos Management Plan, the Chairperson shall forward the
plan to the Governor for approval.

(6)  Prior to each legislative session, the Asbestos
Oversight Committee shall present a report to the Governor
and the General Assembly on the Asbestos Management Plan for
State facilities, the activities of the Committee and the
current status of the program.

B. Departmental Responsibilities.

(1) It is the responsibility of all department heads to
cooperate fully with the Asbestos Oversight Committee in the
implementation of this program.

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