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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Chapter 63A — Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction

§ 4852c. Guidelines for lead-based paint hazard evaluation and reduction activities

Statutory text

Not later than 12 months after , the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Labor, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control), shall issue guidelines for the conduct of federally supported work involving risk assessments, inspections, interim controls, and abatement of lead-based paint hazards. Such guidelines shall be based upon criteria that measure the condition of the housing (and the presence of children under age 6 for the purposes of risk assessments) and shall not be based upon criteria that measure the health of the residents of the housing.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992

    Pub. L. 102–550 title X § 1017 · 106 Stat. 3672

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 4852c

    (Pub. L. 102–550, title X, § 1017, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3909.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 102–550, title X, § 1017, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3909.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 1017. GUIDELINES FOR LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD EVALUATION AND REDUCTION ACTIVITIES. Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Labor, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control), shall issue guidelines for the conduct of federally supported work involving risk assessments, inspections, interim controls, and abatement of lead-based paint hazards. Such guidelines shall be based upon criteria that measure the condition of the housing (and the presence of children under age 6 for the purposes of risk assessments) and shall not be based upon criteria that measure the health of the residents of the housing.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Centers for Disease Control changed to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Pub. L. 102–531, title III, § 312, , 106 Stat. 3504.

Credits

(Pub. L. 102–550, title X, § 1017, , 106 Stat. 3909.)

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