 
               CHAPTER 52--EDUCATION FOR ECONOMIC SECURITY
 
             SUBCHAPTER V--ASBESTOS SCHOOL HAZARD ABATEMENT
 
Sec. 4015. Administrative provisions


(a) Regulations

    The Administrator shall promulgate rules and regulations as 
necessary to implement the authorities and requirements of this 
subchapter.

(b) Procedures

    The Administrator also shall establish procedures to be used by 
local educational agencies, in programs for which financial assistance 
is made available under section 4014 of this title, for--
        (1) abating asbestos materials in school buildings;
        (2) replacing the asbestos materials removed from school 
    buildings with other appropriate building materials; and
        (3) restoring such school buildings to conditions comparable to 
    those existing before asbestos containment or removal activities 
    were undertaken.

(c) Relationship to other laws

    Nothing contained in this subchapter shall be construed, 
interpreted, or applied to diminish in any way the level of protection 
required under any other State or Federal worker protection or other 
applicable laws.

(d) Other authority

    In order to effectuate the purposes of this subchapter, the 
Administrator may also adopt such other procedures, standards, and 
regulations as the Administrator deems necessary, including--
        (1) procedures for testing the level of asbestos fibers in 
    schools, including safety measures to be followed in conducting such 
    tests;
        (2) standards for evaluating (on the basis of such tests) the 
    likelihood of the leakage of asbestos fibers into the school 
    environment; and
        (3) periodic reporting with respect to the activities that have 
    taken place using funds loaned or granted under this subchapter.

(Pub. L. 98-377, title V, Sec. 506, Aug. 11, 1984, 98 Stat. 1292; Pub. 
L. 101-637, Secs. 7, 14(a)(6), (b)(8), (9), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 
4592, 4594, 4595.)


                               Amendments

    1990--Pub. L. 101-637 inserted section catchline.
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101-637, Sec. 14(b)(8), inserted heading.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101-637, Sec. 7(2), added subsec. (b) and 
struck out former subsec. (b) which read as follows: ``The Administrator 
shall also establish--
        ``(1) procedures to be used by local educational agencies, in 
    programs for which financial assistance is made available under 
    section 4014 of this title for--
            ``(A) abating asbestos materials in school buildings;
            ``(B) replacing the asbestos materials removed from school 
        buildings with other appropriate building materials; and
            ``(C) restoring such school buildings to conditions 
        comparable to those existing before asbestos containment or 
        removal activities were undertaken; and
        ``(2) within ninety days, standards for determining--
            ``(A) which contractors are qualified to carry out the 
        activities referred to in paragraph (1), and
            ``(B) what training, equipment, protective clothing and 
        other information and material must be supplied to adequately 
        advise and protect school employees utilized to carry out the 
        activities in paragraph (1).
        ``(3) nothing contained in this subchapter shall be construed, 
    interpreted or applied to diminish in any way the level of 
    protection required under State or Federal worker protection laws.''
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101-637, Sec. 7(2), added subsec. (c). Former 
subsec. (c) redesignated (d).
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 101-637, Secs. 7(1), 14(b)(9), redesignated 
subsec. (c) as (d), inserted heading, and inserted a comma after 
``standards'' in introductory provisions.
