Assessment of a Hotline Complaint: PBS Does Not Have Complete and Accurate Asbestos Information for the Herbert C. Hoover Building in Washington, D.C.

The purpose of this memorandum is to notify the Public Buildings Service (PBS) Commissioner that PBS does not have complete and accurate asbestos information for the Herbert C. Hoover Federal Building. Based on our assessment of a hotline complaint, previously unidentified damaged asbestos-containing material was found in two of the building’s mechanical rooms. We also found that PBS does not have complete asbestos inspection records for the building.