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 PUBLIC LAW 101-637—NOV. 28, 1990 104 STAT. 4589 Public Law 101-637 101st Congress An Act To reauthorize the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act of 1984. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the "Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Reauthorization Act of 1990". SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: (1) The Environmental Protection Agency has estimated that more than forty-four thousand school buildings contain friable asbestos, exposing more than fifteen million school children and one million five hundred thousand school employees to unwarranted health hazards. (2) All elementary and secondary schools are required by the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act to inspect for asbestos, develop an eisbestos management plan, and implement such plan. (3) The Environmental Protection Agency has estimated it will cost local education agencies more than $3,000,000,000 to comply with the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act. (4) Without a continuing program of information assistance, technical and scientific assistance, training, and financial support, many local educational agencies will be unable to carry out sufficient response actions to prevent the release of asbestos fibers into the air. (5) Without the provisions of sufficient financial support, the cost to local educational agencies of implementing asbestos response actions may have an adverse impact in their educational mission. (6) The effective regulation of interstate commerce for the protection of human health and the environment requires the continuation of programs to mitigate hazards of asbestos fibers and materials emitting such fibers. 0)) PURPOSES.— The purposes of this Act are the following: (1) To direct the Environmental Protection Agency to maintain a program to assist local schools in carrying out their responsibilities under the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act. (2) To provide continuing scientific and technical assistance to State and local agencies to enable them to identify and abate asbestos health hazards. (3) To provide financial assistance to State and local agencies for training of persons involved with inspections and abatement of asbestos, for conducting necessary reinspections of school Nov. 28. 1990 [S. 1893] Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Reauthorization Act of 1990. 20 USC 4011 note. 20 USC 4011 note.

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