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Title 15 — Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73

§2656 Training grants

Title 15 › Chapter CHAPTER 53— - TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - ASBESTOS HAZARD EMERGENCY RESPONSE › § 2656

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Administrator may give grants to nonprofit groups that have run asbestos health and safety training for workers so they can set up and run nonprofit asbestos training programs. This can include state and local governments, colleges, labor-management trust funds, and nonprofit public-employee groups. Applicants must apply in the form and way the Administrator requires. For fiscal years 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, and 1995, no more than $5,000,000 per year from the funds authorized under 20 U.S.C. 4021(a) may be appropriated to carry out these grants.

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §2656

Commerce and Trade — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Administrator is authorized to award grants under this section to nonprofit organizations that demonstrate experience in implementing and operating health and safety asbestos training and education programs for workers who are or will be engaged in asbestos-related activities (including State and local governments, colleges and universities, joint labor-management trust funds, and nonprofit government employee organizations) to establish and, or, operate asbestos training programs on a not-for-profit basis. Applications for grants under this subsection shall be submitted in such form and manner, and contain such information, as the Administrator prescribes.
(b)Of such sums as are authorized to be appropriated pursuant to section 4021(a) of title 20 for the fiscal years 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, and 1995, not more than $5,000,000 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section in each such fiscal year.

Legislative History

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Effective Date

Pub. L. 101–637, § 16(b), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4598, provided that: “section 216 of the Toxic Substances Control Act [this section], as added by subsection (a), shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 28, 1990].”

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Citation

15 U.S.C. § 2656

Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73