Tustumena Elementary
AHERA School Management Plans
KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT 148 N. Binkley Street, Soldotna, Alaska 99669
MEMORANDUM
TO: All Parents/Guardians/Students
FROM: Kevin Lyon, Planning and Operations Director
DATE: Fall, 2020
SUBJECT: AHERA School Management Plans
As mandated by Federal Regulation 40 CFR PART 763, known as AHERA (the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act, enacted in 1987), local educational agencies must notify parents/guardians/students in writing each school year about the existence and location of AHERA School Management Plans for each school building within their jurisdiction.
Currently, copies of all AHERA School Management Plans are located at the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s Central Office and at the Kenai Peninsula Borough Maintenance Office. In addition, a copy of the individual AHERA Management Plan for each school is kept on site in the school’s administrative office. AHERA Management Plans may be inspected at any of these sites
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Your school, Tustumena Elementary School, has been inspected for the presence of asbestos-containing building materials (ACBM), and none were found directly. However, it is strongly suspected that air supply ducts buried under concrete floors beneath rooms 113, 114 & 115 may be lined with an asbestos material, based upon similar materials found at Chapman Elementary. Both schools had classroom additions constructed in 1978 that were designed and spec’ed by the same architect. These underground ducts are inaccessible for direct inspection or sampling. Air monitoring has been performed in classrooms 113, 114 and 115 and no airborne asbestos was detected in any of the air samples collected.
If you should have any questions concerning the AHERA School Management Plans or asbestos-related activities, as the designated Local Education Agency’s Asbestos Coordinator, I can be contacted at the School District’s Central Office or phone (907) 714-8875.