View all text of Subchapter III [§ 2661 - § 2671]
§ 2669. Study of radon in Federal buildings
(a) Study requirement
(b) High-risk Federal buildings
(1) The Administrator shall identify and compile a list of areas within the United States which the Administrator, in consultation with Federal departments and agencies, determines have a high probability of including Federal buildings which have elevated levels of radon.
(2) In compiling such list, the Administrator shall make such determinations on the basis of, among other things, the following:
(A) Geological data.
(B) Data on high radon levels in homes and other structures near any such Federal building.
(C) Physical characteristics of the Federal buildings.
(c) Study designs
(d) Information on risks and testing
(1) The Administrator shall provide to the departments or agencies conducting studies under subsection (a) the following:
(A) Guidance and data detailing the risks associated with high radon levels.
(B) Technical guidance and related information concerning testing for radon within Federal buildings and water supplies.
(C) Technical guidance and related information concerning methods for reducing radon levels.
(2) In addition to the assistance required by paragraph (1), the Administrator is authorized to make available, on a cost reimbursable basis, to the departments or agencies conducting studies under subsection (a) devices suitable for use by such departments or agencies in conducting tests for radon within Federal buildings. For the purpose of assisting such departments or agencies in evaluating any such devices for the presence of radon levels, the Administrator is authorized to recommend laboratories or to make available to such departments or agencies, on a cost reimbursable basis, the use of laboratories of the Environmental Protection Agency.
(e) Study deadline
(f) Report to Congress
(Pub. L. 94–469, title III, § 309, as added Pub. L. 100–551, § 1(a), Oct. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 2763.)