Farm Park Act in a manner which is consistent with and takes into account the amendments made by this Act, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior. (b) The amendment made by section 3 shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act. Approved November 28, 1990. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY-S. 1859: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 101-838 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). Mar. 29, considered and passed Senate. Oct. 10, considered and passed House, amended. O Public Law 101-637 101st Congress An Act To reauthorize the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act of 1984. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. Nov. 28, 1990 [S. 1893] Asbestos School This Act may be cited as the "Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act of 1990. Reauthorization Act of 1990". SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. (a) FINDINGS.-Congress finds the following: (1) The Environmental Protection Agency has estimated that more than forty-four thousand school buildings contain friable asbestos, exposing more than fifteen million school children and one million five hundred thousand school employees to unwarranted health hazards. (2) All elementary and secondary schools are required by the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act to inspect for asbestos, develop an asbestos management plan, and implement such plan. (3) The Environmental Protection Agency has estimated it will cost local education agencies more than $3,000,000,000 to comply with the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act. (4) Without a continuing program of information assistance, technical and scientific assistance, training, and financial support, many local educational agencies will be unable to carry out sufficient response actions to prevent the release of asbestos fibers into the air. (5) Without the provisions of sufficient financial support, the cost to local educational agencies of implementing asbestos response actions may have an adverse impact in their educational mission. (6) The effective regulation of interstate commerce for the protection of human health and the environment requires the continuation of programs to mitigate hazards of asbestos fibers and materials emitting such fibers. (b) PURPOSES.-The purposes of this Act are the following: (1) To direct the Environmental Protection Agency to maintain a program to assist local schools in carrying out their responsibilities under the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act. (2) To provide continuing scientific and technical assistance to State and local agencies to enable them to identify and abate asbestos health hazards. (3) To provide financial assistance to State and local agencies for training of persons involved with inspections and abatement of asbestos, for conducting necessary reinspections of school 20 USC 4011 note. 20 USC 4011 note. 20 USC 4012. 20 USC 4013. buildings, and for the actual abatement of asbestos threats to the health and safety of school children or employees. (4) To assure that no employee of a local educational agency suffers any disciplinary action as a result of calling attention to potential asbestos hazards which may exist in schools. SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO ASBESTOS SCHOOL HAZARD ABATEMENT ACT Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in this Act a section or other provision is amended or repealed, such amendment or repeal shall be considered to be made to that section or other provision of the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act of 1984 (20 U.S.C. 4011 et seq.). SEC. 4. ASBESTOS HAZARDS ABATEMENT PROGRAM. Subsection (b) of section 503 is amended (1) in paragraph (2), by inserting "educational" after "local"; (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ", including parent and employee organizations," after "institutions"; and (3) by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows: "(3) not later than November 15 of each year for which this title is authorized, the development and distribution of applications, or notifications to all local educational agencies of the availability of application forms including information for obtaining such forms; and". SEC. 5. STATE RECORDS AND PRIORITY LISTS. (a) MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS.-Subsection (a) of section 504 is amended (1) by striking out "Not later than" and all that follows through "maintaining records on-" and inserting in lieu thereof "The Governor of each State shall maintain records on-"; (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting "and other response actions" after "abatement activities"; (3) by inserting "and" after the semicolon at the end of paragraph (2); and (4) in paragraph (3), by striking out "subparagraph (B)" and inserting in lieu thereof "paragraph (2)". (b) DELETION OF DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION REFERENCES.-Subsection (b)(1) of section 504 is amended (1) by striking out "Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this title and annually thereafter," and inserting in lieu thereof "Each year, in accordance with procedures established by the Administrator,"; (2) in subparagraphs (A) and (B), by striking out "and the Secretary of the Department of Education" both places it appears; (3) in subparagraph (A), by inserting "and" after the semicolon at the end of such subparagraph; and (4) by striking out subparagraph (C). (c) DETERMINATION OF ADEQUACY OF RESOURCES.-Subsection (b)(4) of section 504 is amended (1) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (G); and (2) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following new subparagraph: "(F) Any additional costs to the local educational agency of meeting the special needs of disadvantaged students. (d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.-Section 504 is further amended by striking out subsection (c). SEC. 6. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. (a) APPLICATION APPROVAL DEADLINE.-Subsection (b) of section 505 is amended (1) in paragraph (2), by striking out "applications shall be submitted," and inserting in lieu thereof "the Governor shall submit applications,"; (2) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following: "The Administrator shall approve or disapprove applications for financial assistance no later than April 30 of each year."; and (3) by striking out paragraph (3). (b) RANKING APPLICATIONS.-Subsection (c)(2)(B)(iv) of section 505 is amended by striking out "is cost-effective compared to other techniques including management of material containing asbestos" and inserting in lieu thereof "uses the least burdensome methods which protect human health and the environment". (c) DELETION OF REFERENCE TO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION REPORT.-Subsection (c)(3) of such section is amended by striking out "shall consider-" and all that follows through the end of the paragraph and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "shall consider the financial resources available to the applicant as certified by the Governor pursuant to section 504(b)(4).". (d) ADDITIONAL LIMITATION.-Subsection (d) of such section is amended to read as follows: "(d) LIMITATION.-In no event shall financial assistance be provided under this title to an applicant if "(1) the Administrator determines that such applicant has resources adequate to support an appropriate asbestos materials abatement program; or "(2) the applicant is not in compliance with title II of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2641 et seq.).". (e) REQUIREMENT TO DEPOSIT FUNDS INTO ASBESTOS TRUST FUND.— Subsection (f) of such section is amended in paragraph (3) by striking out "for deposit in the general fund" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "for deposit in the Asbestos Trust Fund established by section 5 of the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (Public Law 99-519; 20 U.S.C. 4022)". (f) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICATION APPROVAL.— Subsection (g) of such section is amended (1) in paragraph (1), by striking out "within the five-year period beginning on the effective date of this title" and inserting in lieu thereof "in accordance with such procedures as may be developed by the Administrator"; (2) in paragraph (2)(B), by amending clauses (i) and (ii) to read as follows: "(i) the local educational agency has prepared and is implementing an asbestos management plan, as required under title II of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2641 et seq.); and "(ii) all activities to be conducted with the financial assistance will be performed by individuals trained and accredited in conformance with title II of the Toxic Sub 20 USC 4014. 20 USC 4015. 20 USC 4016. 20 USC 4017. 20 USC 4020. 20 USC 4021. stances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2641 et seq.) and regulations promulgated under that title;"; and (3) by striking out paragraph (4). SEC. 7. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and "(b) PROCEDURES.-The Administrator also shall establish procedures to be used by local educational agencies, in programs for which financial assistance is made available under section 505, for"(1) abating asbestos materials in school buildings; "(2) replacing the asbestos materials removed from school buildings with other appropriate building materials; and "(3) restoring such school buildings to conditions comparable to those existing before asbestos containment or removal activities were undertaken. "(c) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.-Nothing contained in this title shall be construed, interpreted, or applied to diminish in any way the level of protection required under any other State or Federal worker protection or other applicable laws.". SEC. 8. ANNUAL REPORT. (a) REPORT DEADLINE.-The first sentence of section 507 is amended to read as follows: "During each calendar year until 1999, the Administrator shall prepare and submit, not later than June 1 of each year, to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report on the loan and grant program authorized by section 505 of this title.". (b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.-Paragraph (6) of such section is amended by inserting before the period the following: "and the amount of resources needed by such schools, categorized by State, to abate all remaining asbestos hazards". SEC. 9. RECOVERY OF COSTS. Paragraph (2) of section 508(a) is amended by inserting after "repay to the United States," the following: "by deposit in the Asbestos Trust Fund established by section 5 of the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (20 U.S.Č. 4022),”. SEC. 10. DEFINITIONS. Section 511 is amended (1) in paragraph (3), by inserting ", vibration," after "damage from water"; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(9) The term 'response action' has the meaning given such term by section 202(11) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2642(11).". SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION. (a) AUTHORIZATION.-Paragraph (1) of section 512(a) is amended to read as follows: "There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the asbestos abatement program not more than $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, and 1995. In addition, for such purposes and for each of such fiscal years there are authorized to be appropriated out of the Asbestos Trust Fund established by |