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 PUBLIC LAW 99-499—OCT. 17, 1986

100 STAT. 1659

regulated activity, including the use of the mobile incineration unit for actions not authorized by the State. (3) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority of this subsection shall terminate at the end of 3 years, unless the State demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Administrator, that the operation of mobile incinerators in the State has sufficiently protected public health and the environment and is consistent with the criteria required for a permit under subtitle C of the Solid Waste Disposal Act.

42 USC 6921.

(j) STUDY OF JOINT USE OF TRUCKS.—

(1) STUDY.—The Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, shall conduct a study of problems associated with the use of any vehicle for purposes other than the transportation of hazardous substances when that vehicle is used at other times for the transportation of hazardous substances. At a minimum, the Administrator shall consider— ^^— (A) whether such joint use of vehicles should be prohibited, and (B) whether, if such joint use is permitted, special safeguards should be taken to minimize threats to public health and the environment. (2) REPORT.—The Administrator shall submit a report, along with recommendations, to Congress on the results of the study conducted under paragraph (1) not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (k) RADON ASSESSMENT AND MITIGATION.— (1) NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF RADON GAS.—No


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Reports.

later than one Reports. year after the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall 42 USC 7401 submit to the Congress a report which shall, to the extent note. possible— (A) identify the locations in the United States where radon is found in structures where people normally live or work, including educational institutions; (B) assess the levels of radon gas that are present in such structures; (C) determine the level of radon gas and radon daughters which poses a threat to human health and assess for each location identified under subparagraph (A) the extent of the threat to human health; (D) determine methods of reducing or eliminating the threat to human health of radon gas and radon daughters; and (E) include guidance and public information materials based on the findings or research of mitigating radon. (2) RADON MITIGATION DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.— (A) DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.—The Administrator

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shall conduct a demonstration program to test methods and technologies of reducing or eliminating radon gas and radon daughters where it poses a threat to human health. The Administrator shall take into consideration any demonstration program underway in the Reading Prong of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York and at other sites prior to enactment. The demonstration program under this section shall be conducted in the Reading Prong, and at such other sites as the Administrator considers appropriate. (B) ANNUAL REPORTS.—The Administrator shall submit annual reports not later than February 1 of each year

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