Title 15 — Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73
§2664 Model construction standards and techniques
Title 15 › Chapter CHAPTER 53— - TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - INDOOR RADON ABATEMENT › § 2664
Summary
The EPA Administrator must create model building rules and methods to reduce radon in new buildings. They should work with national building standards groups, put a draft out for public comment, and make the final model available by June 1, 1990. The model must account for regional differences (building types, materials, geology, weather) and the Administrator must try to get national and state or local building code authorities to adopt it.
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Title 15, §2664
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The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall develop model construction standards and techniques for controlling radon levels within new buildings. To the maximum extent possible, these standards and techniques should be developed with the assistance of organizations involved in establishing national building construction standards and techniques. The Administrator shall make a draft of the document containing the model standards and techniques available for public review and comment. The model standards and techniques shall provide for geographic differences in construction types and materials, geology, weather, and other variables that may affect radon levels in new buildings. The Administrator shall make final model standards and techniques available to the public by June 1, 1990. The Administrator shall work to ensure that organizations responsible for developing national model building codes, and authorities which regulate building construction within States or political subdivisions within States, adopt the Agency’s model standards and techniques.
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15 U.S.C. § 2664
Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73