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[CITE: 15USC2669]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
                  CHAPTER 53--TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL
 
                 SUBCHAPTER III--INDOOR RADON ABATEMENT
 
Sec. 2669. Study of radon in Federal buildings


(a) Study requirement

    The head of each Federal department or agency that owns a Federal 
building shall conduct a study for the purpose of determining the extent 
of radon contamination in such buildings. Such study shall include, in 
the case of a Federal building using a nonpublic water source (such as a 
well or other groundwater), radon contamination of the water.

(b) High-risk Federal buildings

    (1) The Administrator shall identify and compile a list of areas 
within the United States which the Administrator, in consultation with 
Federal departments and agencies, determines have a high probability of 
including Federal buildings which have elevated levels of radon.
    (2) In compiling such list, the Administrator shall make such 
determinations on the basis of, among other things, the following:
        (A) Geological data.
        (B) Data on high radon levels in homes and other structures near 
    any such Federal building.
        (C) Physical characteristics of the Federal buildings.

(c) Study designs

    Studies required under subsection (a) of this section shall be based 
on design criteria specified by the Administrator. The head of each 
Federal department or agency conducting such a study shall submit, not 
later than July 1, 1989, a study design to the Administrator for 
approval. The study design shall follow the most recent Environmental 
Protection Agency guidance documents, including ``A Citizen's Guide to 
Radon''; the ``Interim Protocol for Screening and Follow Up: Radon and 
Radon Decay Products Measurements''; the ``Interim Indoor Radon & Radon 
Decay Product Measurement Protocol''; and any other recent guidance 
documents. The study design shall include testing data from a 
representative sample of Federal buildings in each high-risk area 
identified in subsection (b) of this section. The study design also 
shall include additional testing data to the extent resources are 
available, including any reliable data supplied by Federal agencies, 
States, or other parties.

(d) Information on risks and testing

    (1) The Administrator shall provide to the departments or agencies 
conducting studies under subsection (a) of this section the following:
        (A) Guidance and data detailing the risks associated with high 
    radon levels.
        (B) Technical guidance and related information concerning 
    testing for radon within Federal buildings and water supplies.
        (C) Technical guidance and related information concerning 
    methods for reducing radon levels.

    (2) In addition to the assistance required by paragraph (1), the 
Administrator is authorized to make available, on a cost reimbursable 
basis, to the departments or agencies conducting studies under 
subsection (a) of this section devices suitable for use by such 
departments or agencies in conducting tests for radon within Federal 
buildings. For the purpose of assisting such departments or agencies in 
evaluating any such devices for the presence of radon levels, the 
Administrator is authorized to recommend laboratories or to make 
available to such departments or agencies, on a cost reimbursable basis, 
the use of laboratories of the Environmental Protection Agency.

(e) Study deadline

    Not later than June 1, 1990, the head of each Federal department or 
agency conducting a study under subsection (a) of this section shall 
complete the study and provide the study to the Administrator.

(f) Report to Congress

    Not later than October 1, 1990, the Administrator shall submit a 
report to the Congress describing the results of the studies conducted 
pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.

(Pub. L. 94-469, title III, Sec. 309, as added Pub. L. 100-551, 
Sec. 1(a), Oct. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 2763.)
