42 U.S.C. § 4854a: Testing technologies

Summary

The Secretary, working with other federal agencies, must carry out research to make homes safer from lead. The work must produce better ways to find and measure lead in paint, dust, and soil; set standards for tests, cleanup, and control methods (including spot kits and encapsulants); compare and improve interim controls and abatement techniques; study their long‑term costs and effectiveness; and check how well federally funded hazard reduction efforts work.

Title 42, §4854a

The Public Health and Welfare, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The Secretary, in cooperation with other Federal agencies, shall conduct research to—

(1)develop improved methods for evaluating lead-based paint hazards in housing;

(2)develop improved methods for reducing lead-based paint hazards in housing;

(3)develop improved methods for measuring lead in paint films, dust, and soil samples;

(4)establish performance standards for various detection methods, including spot test kits;

(5)establish performance standards for lead-based paint hazard reduction methods, including the use of encapsulants;

(6)establish appropriate cleanup standards;

(7)evaluate the efficacy of interim controls in various hazard situations;

(8)evaluate the relative performance of various abatement techniques;

(9)evaluate the long-term cost-effectiveness of interim control and abatement strategies; and

(10)assess the effectiveness of hazard evaluation and reduction activities funded by this chapter.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in par. (10), was in the original “this Act”, meaning title X of Pub. L. 102–550, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3897, known as the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 4851 of this title and Tables.

§4854a Testing Technologies