{"identifier":"/us/usc/t15/s2653","title":15,"num":"\u00a7\u202f2653.","heading":"EPA study of asbestos-containing material in public buildings","text":"\u00a7\u202f2653.\nEPA study of asbestos-containing material in public buildings\nWithin 360 days after\n(1) assess the extent to which asbestos-containing materials are present in public and commercial buildings;\n(2) assess the condition of asbestos-containing material in commercial buildings and the likelihood that persons occupying such buildings, including service and maintenance personnel, are, or may be, exposed to asbestos fibers;\n(3) consider and report on whether public and commercial buildings should be subject to the same inspection and response action requirements that apply to school buildings;\n(4) assess whether existing Federal regulations adequately protect the general public, particularly abatement personnel, from exposure to asbestos during renovation and demolition of such buildings; and\n(5) include recommendations that explicitly address whether there is a need to establish standards for, and regulate asbestos exposure in, public and commercial buildings.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t15/s2653.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t15/s2653","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f2653."},{"t":"heading","text":"EPA study of asbestos-containing material in public buildings","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"Within 360 days after ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"October 22, 1986","tail":", the Administrator shall conduct and submit to the Congress the results of a study which shall\u2014"}]},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s2653/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" assess the extent to which asbestos-containing materials are present in public and commercial buildings;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s2653/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" assess the condition of asbestos-containing material in commercial buildings and the likelihood that persons occupying such buildings, including service and maintenance personnel, are, or may be, exposed to asbestos fibers;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s2653/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" consider and report on whether public and commercial buildings should be subject to the same inspection and response action requirements that apply to school buildings;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s2653/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" assess whether existing Federal regulations adequately protect the general public, particularly abatement personnel, from exposure to asbestos during renovation and demolition of such buildings; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s2653/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"content","text":" include recommendations that explicitly address whether there is a need to establish standards for, and regulate asbestos exposure in, public and commercial buildings.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}