2012 US Code
Title 15 - Commerce and Trade
Chapter 53 - TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL (§§ 2601 - 2697)
Subchapter III - INDOOR RADON ABATEMENT (§§ 2661 - 2671)
Section 2661 - National goal
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE CHAPTER 53 - TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL SUBCHAPTER III - INDOOR RADON ABATEMENT Sec. 2661 - National goal |
Contains | section 2661 |
Date | 2012 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 94-469, title III, §301, as added Pub. L. 100-551, §1(a), Oct. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 2755. |
Statutes at Large References | 102 Stat. 2755, 3283 |
Public Law References | Public Law 94-469, Public Law 100-551, Public Law 100-628 |
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The national long-term goal of the United States with respect to radon levels in buildings is that the air within buildings in the United States should be as free of radon as the ambient air outside of buildings.
(Pub. L. 94–469, title III, §301, as added Pub. L. 100–551, §1(a), Oct. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 2755.)
Report on Recommended Policy for Dealing With Radon in Assisted HousingPub. L. 100–628, title X, §1091, Nov. 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 3283, provided that:
“(a)
“(1) to require the Department of Housing and Urban Development to develop an effective departmental policy for dealing with radon contamination that utilizes any Environmental Protection Agency guidelines and standards to ensure that occupants of housing covered by this section are not exposed to hazardous levels of radon; and
“(2) to require the Department of Housing and Urban Development to assist the Environmental Protection Agency in reducing radon contamination.
“(b)
“(1)
“(A) multifamily housing owned by the Department of Housing and Urban Development;
“(B) public housing and Indian housing assisted under the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.];
“(C) housing receiving project-based assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1437f];
“(D) housing assisted under section 236 of the National Housing Act [12 U.S.C. 1715z–1]; and
“(E) housing assisted under section 221(d)(3) of the National Housing Act [12 U.S.C. 1715l(d)(3)].
“(2)
“(3)
“(A) testing residential and nonresidential structures for radon;
“(B) identifying elevated radon levels;
“(C) identifying when remedial actions should be taken; and
“(D) identifying geographical areas that are likely to have elevated levels of radon.
“(4)
“(5)
“(c)
“(d)
“(1)
“(2)
“(e)
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