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Part II - Discretionary Funding Request 14 On December 5, 1989, I forwarded to Mr. Link the School Board adopted CIP for the 1991-95 five-year period. Included with that request was a request for "County Discretionary Funds" (dated 12/4/89) in the amount of. $200,000. The request was based on the need for complying with a series of environmental protection issues; including underground fuel storage tanks, lead in the water, radon and asbestos. Subsequently, Mr. Link recommended that $ 150,000 be approved from the "Discretionary" account. The letter of inquiry first, asked for information in this area on the EPA regulations that call for this action. I will respond by category. 1) Asbestos: We are operating under two sets of regulations. The first set is based on federal law (AHERA) signed by President Reagan on October 22, I986, for which EPA issued final rules in the Federal Register on October 30, 1987. The second set of requirements came from North Carolina law, specifically N.C. House Bill 516 (Chapter 724) rati- fied on August 3, 1989, with an effective date of November 1 , 1989. The North Carolina requirements are further outlined in the N. C. Administrative Code - NCAE 7C.0601-.0602, Section .0600 - Asbestos Hazard Management Programs. 2) Underground Storage Tanks: This area is addressed in technical standards of EPA in 40 CFR280, which became effective December 22, 1988. Also applicable in this area is N. C. G.S. 143-215.75. 3) Lead in the Water: Lead in drinking water is covered in U. S. Public Law 100-572 entitled Lead Contamination Control Act of October 31 , 1988. EPA issued a guidance document and testing protocol. 4) Radon: EPA recommended that testing for radon be con- ducted in all schools and issued a report in March of 1989 (EPA-520/ 1-89-010) . A second part of the inquiry dealing with environmental issues asked about expenditures on asbestos. On June 13, 1989, the Board and I reviewed with the Commissioners in a budget work session a report of needed asbestos work which was prepared by an engineering firm, EEC, Inc. , of Raleigh. At that time the Board requested only $313,000 of the estimated amount of $846,000, and I stated that this total work should be done over two or three years. I also stated that additional requests would be forthcoming for the balance. Subsequently, the Commissioners approved the $313,000 when the 1989-90 budget was enacted. At this time we have spent approximately $86,000 of the allocation, another $37,000 * is encumbered and additional work is planned for the next seven months to utilize the balance of the $313,000. A third part of this request focused on radon testing and the results with possible action to be taken. During the Christmas break we began the testing program and have spent slightly over $1 ,000 on testing alone. The results have not been received at this time; therefore, the course of action has not been