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Accredited Training Institutions

November 11, 1987 6 min read
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The following are institutions listed in the Oct. 26 Federal Register that have been accredited by the Environmental Protection Agency to provide asbestos-inspection and abatement training programs as of October 1987.

Information about institutions and programs approved subsequently will also be published in the Federal Register, according to the epa

Only New Jersey has received epa approval to accredit abatement contractors, supervisors, and workers. The Kansas training program for asbestos abatement contractors and supervisors has received interim accreditation.

Each listing includes the name of an individual to contact for more information.

State Accreditation Programs

Kansas Department of Health and Envi ronment
Forbes Field, Topeka, Kans. 66620
John C. Irwin (913) 296-1500

New Jersey Department of Health
CN 360, Trenton, N.J. 08625-0360
James Brownlee (609) 984-2193

Approved Courses--Region I

Abatement Technology Corp.
One Boston Place, Suite 1025
Boston, Mass. 02108
Scott Keyes (617) 723-3100
Training: contractor/supervisor

Con-Test
P.O. Box 591
East Longmeadow, Mass. 01028
Brenda Bolduc (413) 525-1198
Training: contractor/supervisor; abatement worker; inspector/management planner; refresher course

Hygienetics, Inc.
50 Causeway St.
Boston, Mass. 02114
John W. Cowdery (617) 723-4664
Training: inspector

Institute for Environmental Education
08 West Cummings Park
Woburn, Mass. 01801
Janet Oppenheim-McMullen (617) 935-7370
Training: contractor/supervisor; inspector/management planner

Maine Labor Group on Health, Inc.
P.O. Box 5
Augusta, Me. 04330
Dianna White (207) 289-2770
Training: contractor/supervisor; abatement worker

New England Laborers’ Training Trust Fund
7 East St.
Hopkinton, Mass. 01748
James Merloni Jr. (617) 435-6316
Training: abatement worker

Tufts University
(Regional Asbestos Information Center)
74 Boston Ave.
Medford, Mass. 02155
Brenda Cole (617) 381-3531
Training: contractor/supervisor

Approved Courses--Region II

Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
(Satellite Asbestos Center)
75 Hoes Lane
Piscataway, N.J. 08854-5635
Lee Laustsen (201) 463-4500
Training: contractor/supervisor; abatement worker

Approved Courses--Region III

Alice Hamilton Center for
Occupational Health
10 7th St. S.E. Second Floor
Washington, D.C. 20003
Brian Christopher (202) 543-0005
Training: abatement worker

Assocation of Wall and Ceiling Industries
Suite 300, 24 K St. N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20002
Chris Hullinger (202) 783-2924
Training: contractor/supervisor; abatement worker

Biospherics, Inc.
2051 Indian Creek Court
Beltsville, Md. 20705
Marian F. Meiselman (301) 369-3900
Training: contractor/supervisor; abatement worker

Drexel University Environmental Studies Institute
Building 29, #216
2nd and Chestnut Sts.
Philadelphia, Pa. 19104
Robert Ross (215) 895-2269
Training: contractor/supervisor; abatement worker

South East Michigan Committee on Occupational Safety and Health
550 Howard St.
Detroit, Mich. 48216
Barbara Boylan (313) 961-3345
Training: abatement worker

National Training Fund for the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Industry (with the Workers’ Inst. for Safety and Health)
126 16th St. N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
Scott Schneider (202) 887-1980
Training: abatement worker

Temple University College of Engineering
(Satellite Asbestos Center)
2th and Norris Sts.
Philadelphia, Pa. 19122
Lester Levin (215) 787-6479
Training: contractor/supervisor; abatement worker

Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth Univ.
Department of Preventive Medicine
P.O. Box 212
Richmond, Va. 23298
Leonard Vance (804) 786-9785
Training: contractor/supervisor

WACO, Inc.
P.O. Box 836, 5450 Lewis Rd.
Sandston, Va. 23150
William Belanich (804) 222-8440
Training: contractor/supervisor; abatement worker

Approved Courses--Region IV

University of Florida, TREEO Center
900 S.W. 63rd Blvd.
Gainesville, Fla. 32608
Sandra Scaggs (904) 392-9570
Training: contractor/supervisor

Georgia Tech Research Institute,
Environmental Health and Safety Division
(Regional Asbestos Information Center)
Room 029, O’Keefe Bldg.
Atlanta, Ga. 30332
William Ewing (404)894-3806
Training: contractor/supervisor; refresher course for contractor/supervisor; inspector/management planner

National Asbestos Council Training Department
786 North Decatur Rd.
Decatur, Ga. 30033
Eva Clay (404) 292-0629
Training: abatement worker

Approved Courses--Region V

AHP Research, Inc.
501 Johnsons Ferry Rd., Suite 230
P.O. Box 71926
Marietta, Ga. 30007
Dwight Brown (404) 565-0061
Training: inspector/management planner

BDN Industrial Hygiene Consultants
8105 Valleywood Lane
Portage, Mich. 49002
Keith Nichols (616) 329-1237
Training: contractor/supervisor

DeLisle Consulting and Laboratories, Inc.
401 East Milham Ave.
Kalamazoo, Mich 49002
Mark DeLisle (616) 343-9698
Training: contractor/supervisor

Heat and Frost Insulators Local 17,
Apprentice Training Center
850 South Racine Ave.
Chicago, Ill. 60609
John P. Shine (312) 247-1007
Training: abatement worker

I.P.C. Chicago
309 West Henderson
Chicago, Ill. 60641
Robert G. Cooley (312) 975-3495
Training: abatement worker

University of Illinois at Chicago
(Midwest Asbestos Information Center)
035 Taylor, School of Public Health
Chicago, Ill. 60612
Tony Billotti (312) 996-5762
Training: contractor/supervisor; inspector/management planner; abatement worker

Approved Courses--Region VI

GEBCO Associates, Inc.
805-A Elizabeth Dr.
Bedford, Tex. 76022
Ed Kirch (817) 268-4006
Training: asbestos worker

International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos
Workers Union, Local 22
219 Pasadena Blvd.
Pasadena, Tex. 77503
Owen Tilley (713) 473-0888
Training: asbestos worker; worker refresher course

Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
Baton Rouge, La. 70803-1520
George Smith (504) 388-6621
Training: contractor/supervisor

Texas A&M University System,
Texas Engineering Extension Service,
Building Codes Inspection Training Division
College Station, Tex. 77843-8000
Charles Flanders (409) 845-6682
Training: contractor/supervisor; abatement worker; management planner

University of Texas at Arlington,
(Satellite Asbestos Center)
Bureau of Engineering Research
P.O. Box 19020
Arlington, Tex. 76019
Ernest Crosby (817) 273-2557
Training: contractor/supervisor; inspector/management planner

Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine,
Department of Environmental Health Sciences
430 Tulane Ave.
New Orleans, La. 70112
Shau-Wong Chang (504) 588-5374
Training: contractor/supervisor

Approved Courses--Region VII

Hall-Kimbrell Environmental Services
840 West 15th St.
Lawrence, Kan. 66046
Alice Hart (913) 749-2381
Training: contractor/supervisor; abatement worker; project designer; inspector/management planner

Mayhew Environmental Training As soc., Inc.
P.O. Box 1961
Lawrence, Kan. 66044
Brad Mayhew (913) 842-6382
Training: contractor/supervisor; abatement worker

University of Kansas National Asbestos Training Center
600 College Blvd., Suite 315
Overland Park, Kan. 66211
Lani Himegarner (913) 491-0181
Training: contractor/supervisor; abatement worker

Approved Courses--Region VIII

Northern Engineering and Testing, Inc.
00 South 25th St.
P.O. Box 30615
Billings, Mont. 59107
Kathleen Smit (406) 248-9161
Training: asbestos worker

Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health
Building 512, University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
Jeffery Lee (801) 581-5710
Training: contractor/supervisor

Approved Courses--Region IX

Environmental Sciences
75 South Meyer
Tucson, Ariz. 85701
Dale Keyes (602) 577-1764
Training: inspector/management planner

University of California at Berkeley
(Pacific Asbestos Information Center)
uc Extension, 2223 Fulton St.
Berkeley, Calif. 94720
Debra Dobin (415) 643-7143
Training: contractor/supervisor

Approved Courses--Region X

No approvals for Region X

A version of this article appeared in the November 11, 1987 edition of Education Week as Accredited Training Institutions

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