(1) To require and regulate training and examinations for all disciplines certified by this subchapter and the regulations promulgated pursuant to this subchapter;

(2) To establish standards and procedures for the licensing of consultants, contractors, and training providers and to establish performance standards for the abatement of friable and nonfriable asbestos materials. The performance standards shall be as stringent as those standards adopted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to section 112 of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq.;

(3) To enforce regulations necessary or appropriate to the implementation of this subchapter, including taking legal action in any court of competent jurisdiction;

(4) To issue licenses and certificates to all applicants who satisfy the requirements of this subchapter and any regulations issued pursuant to this subchapter, to renew the licenses and certificates, and to suspend or revoke the licenses and certificates for cause and after notice and opportunity for hearing;

(5) To establish annual license fees for asbestos abatement consultants, asbestos abatement contractors, and training providers, annual certification fees for air monitors, contractor/supervisors, inspectors, management planners, project designers, and workers in order to recover the costs of processing license and certificate applications and the issuance of licenses and certificates, and such other fees as are necessary to recover the costs of enforcing this subchapter; and

(6) To expend necessary funds from the Asbestos Control Fund to develop and administer the Asbestos Abatement Grant Program.