§3606 Standards and Safety Procedures

Summary

Within 120 days after the Task Force meets for the first time, the Secretary must make and send to the State agency named under the law rules for testing asbestos in schools. Those rules must say how to test safely, how to judge from the tests whether asbestos fibers might escape into the school, and how to decide which contractors are qualified to do the testing and evaluations. The Secretary must also set rules for who can get loans under the law. Those loan rules will be based on the health hazard levels shown by the tests. After reviewing the Task Force’s advice and getting the Task Force’s agreement, the Secretary must make regulations for school authorities on how to contain and remove asbestos, how to replace removed materials, and how to return buildings to like-new condition. The regulations must also say which contractors are qualified to do that work. The Secretary must try not to repeat work already done by the Environmental Protection Agency.