This presentation illustrates an unprecedented event regarding the environmental surface contamination that resulted from an incident involving two individuals whom allegedly smoked methamphetamine inside of a school building in West Virginia, and consequently resulted in the school building being closed while remediation was completed. The school building is a career and technical school, along with a community college. The career and technical school enrolls both adolescent and adult students. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources was notified per statute WV Code 64CSR92, “The Clandestine Drug Laboratory Remediation Rule, by the West Virginia State Police regarding the above mentioned incident. Boone County Schools, owner of school building, hired a licensed Clandestine Drug Lab Remediation Contractor to perform an assessment of the building, which included, numerous wipe samples to detect methamphetamine residue. The State Decontamination Level is 0.1 microgram per 100 centimeters squared (1 milligram per foot squared) of surface area sampled.
The results indicated that various classrooms and offices, along with the HVAC within the school building were contaminated with residual methamphetamine. This meant that the school would need to be decontaminated per West Virginia regulations prior to occupancy of students, as well as, staff. The school system hired a licensed Clandestine Drug Laboratory Remediation Contractor to perform full remediation on the entire school building. Final wipe samples were taken and the results indicated that the building met state regulations and could be reoccupied.
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