{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/s4851a","title":42,"num":"\u00a7\u202f4851a.","heading":"Purposes","text":"\u00a7\u202f4851a.\nPurposes\nThe purposes of this chapter are\u2014\n(1) to develop a national strategy to build the infrastructure necessary to eliminate lead-based paint hazards in all housing as expeditiously as possible;\n(2) to reorient the national approach to the presence of lead-based paint in housing to implement, on a priority basis, a broad program to evaluate and reduce lead-based paint hazards in the Nation\u2019s housing stock;\n(3) to encourage effective action to prevent childhood lead poisoning by establishing a workable framework for lead-based paint hazard evaluation and reduction and by ending the current confusion over reasonable standards of care;\n(4) to ensure that the existence of lead-based paint hazards is taken into account in the development of Government housing policies and in the sale, rental, and renovation of homes and apartments;\n(5) to mobilize national resources expeditiously, through a partnership among all levels of government and the private sector, to develop the most promising, cost-effective methods for evaluating and reducing lead-based paint hazards;\n(6) to reduce the threat of childhood lead poisoning in housing owned, assisted, or transferred by the Federal Government; and\n(7) to educate the public concerning the hazards and sources of lead-based paint poisoning and steps to reduce and eliminate such hazards.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t42/s4851a.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s4851a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f4851a."},{"t":"heading","text":"Purposes","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The purposes of this chapter are\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s4851a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" to develop a national strategy to build the infrastructure necessary to eliminate lead-based paint hazards in all housing as expeditiously as possible;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s4851a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" to reorient the national approach to the presence of lead-based paint in housing to implement, on a priority basis, a broad program to evaluate and reduce lead-based paint hazards in the Nation\u2019s housing stock;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s4851a/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" to encourage effective action to prevent childhood lead poisoning by establishing a workable framework for lead-based paint hazard evaluation and reduction and by ending the current confusion over reasonable standards of care;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s4851a/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" to ensure that the existence of lead-based paint hazards is taken into account in the development of Government housing policies and in the sale, rental, and renovation of homes and apartments;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s4851a/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"content","text":" to mobilize national resources expeditiously, through a partnership among all levels of government and the private sector, to develop the most promising, cost-effective methods for evaluating and reducing lead-based paint hazards;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s4851a/6","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(6)"},{"t":"content","text":" to reduce the threat of childhood lead poisoning in housing owned, assisted, or transferred by the Federal Government; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s4851a/7","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(7)"},{"t":"content","text":" to educate the public concerning the hazards and sources of lead-based paint poisoning and steps to reduce and eliminate such hazards.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}