Title 15 — Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73not60

§2650 Asbestos Contractors and Local Educational Agencies

Title 15 › Chapter 53— TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL › Subchapter II— ASBESTOS HAZARD EMERGENCY RESPONSE › § 2650

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Administrator must study how easy it is for local educational agencies (school districts) and asbestos contractors to get liability insurance or other financial protection for work required under this law. The study must look at six things: how available such insurance is, whether costs have risen or coverage shrunk, whether limits come from causes other than liability law, how EPA rules and contractor accreditation affect availability or cost, whether insurance limits are blocking inspections or management plans, and any other obstacles to finishing inspections or plans. The Administrator must send an interim report with early findings by April 1, 1988, and a final report with complete findings by October 1, 1990. After seeing those reports, a State may change its liability rules for school districts or asbestos contractors.

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §2650

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(a)(1)The Administrator shall conduct a study on the availability of liability insurance and other forms of assurance against financial loss which are available to local educational agencies and asbestos contractors with respect to actions required under this subchapter. Such study shall examine the following:

(A)The extent to which liability insurance and other forms of assurance against financial loss are available to local educational agencies and asbestos contractors.

(B)The extent to which the cost of insurance or other forms of assurance against financial loss has increased and the extent to which coverage has become less complete.

(C)The extent to which any limitation in the availability of insurance or other forms of assurance against financial loss is the result of factors other than standards of liability in applicable law.

(D)The extent to which the existence of the regulations required by subsections (c) and (d) of section 2643 of this title and the accreditation of contractors under section 2646 of this title has affected the availability or cost of insurance or other forms of assurance against financial loss.

(E)The extent to which any limitation on the availability of insurance or other forms of assurance against financial loss is inhibiting inspections for asbestos-containing material or the development or implementation of management plans under this subchapter.

(F)Identification of any other impediments to the timely completion of inspections or the development and implementation of management plans under this subchapter.

(2)Not later than April 1, 1988, the Administrator shall submit to the Congress an interim report on the progress of the study required by this subsection, along with preliminary findings based on information collected to that date.

(3)Not later than October 1, 1990, the Administrator shall submit to the Congress a final report on the study required by this subsection, including final findings based on the information collected.

(b)On the basis of the interim report or the final report of the study required by subsection (a), a State may enact or amend State law to establish or modify a standard of liability for local educational agencies or asbestos contractors with respect to actions required under this subchapter.

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Citation

15 U.S.C. § 2650

Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60