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INSTITUTION Congress of the US, Washington, DC. House Committee DOCUMENT RESUME ED 329 000 EA 022 713 TITLE Asbestos School Hazard Abatement. Hearing on H.R. 3677, a Bill To Reauthorize the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act of 1984, before the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, Second Session. INSTITUTION Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Energy and Commerce. PUB DATE 19 Jun 90 NOTE 202p.; Serial No. 101-190. Some small print will not reproduce adequately in paper copy. AVAILABLE FROMSuperintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. PUB TYPE Reports - Research/Technical (143) -- LegalAegislative/Regulatory Materials (090)-- Tests/-valuation Instruments (160) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC09 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Asbestos; Educational Facilities Improvement; Elementary Secondary Education; Federal Aid; Federal Legislation; Financial Needs; Government Publications; *Hazardous Materials; Hearings IDENTIFIERS *Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act 1984; Congress 101st ABSTRACT A House of RepresentativeL; subcommittee convened to consider legislation (H.R. 3677) to reauthorize the Asbestos School Hazard Abatenelit Act of 1984 (ASHAA) that provides financial assistance to needy school districts in the form of loans and grants for asbestos-related activities. The hearing record contains the text of H.R. 3677, testimony, and prepared statements. Almost one-third of the document consists of material submitted for the record by the General Services Administration: "Documentation Package for Asbestos Operations and Maintenance Programs in U.S. General Services Administration Facilities." The testimony of the following persons is also included:(1) August, James D., American Federation of State, County and Municipal Emp3oyees; (2) Billirakis, Michael, National Education Association;(3) Fisher, Linda J., Environmental Protection Agency; (4) Gee, J. Bernard L., professor of medicine, Yale University School of Medicine; (5) Herber, Katharine L., National School Boards Association; (6) Levin, Stephen M., medical director, Mount Sinai-Irving J. Selikoff Occupational Health Clinical Center; (7) Packer, Joel, National Education Association; (8) Veith, C. Gregory, manager, Council for American Private Education; and (9) West, Sarah, National Parent-Teacher Association. Also included is a statement by the Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC. (MLF) ASBESTOS SCHOOL HAZARD ABATEMENT HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND HAZARDOUS MATERI LS OF TH E COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED FIRST CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H.R. 3677 A BILL TO REAUTHORIZE THE ASBESTOS SCHOOL HAZARD ABATEMENT ACT OF 1984 JUNE 19, 1990 Serial No. 101-190 Printed for the use of the Committee on Energy and Commerce U S DEPARTMENT OP IEDUCAVON ON. r ni E ducat.cw,sI Research and rer,,overnent ' r LICAtiONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER t ERtC) in.s csocument has been reproduced as ,eceved from the derson or organrrstron cv.g.palinv .1 Orl E7.' tyt,r,or changes ha,.e neer, made to morove ,eoroductron quelay v.. ,,,,,,s,,,,,ew 0, ornr,orls stared 0, th,s dot u mr.nt do oot necesss,,ty represent otfioal Of RI oos.fion ce Doticy Ci CI% U.S.GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICI fr:t1 $7-4* 4 WASHINGTON :1991 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office IV U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington. DC 20402 COMMYITEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE JOHN D. DINGELL, Michigan, Chairman JAMES H. SCHEL1.74 New York NORMAN F. LENT, New York HENRY A. WAXMAN, California EDWARD R. MADIGAN, Illinois PHILIP R. SHARP, Indiana CARLOS J, MOORHEAD, California EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachuaetta MATTHEW J. RINALDO, New Jersey THOMAS A. LUKEN. Ohio WILLIAM E. DANNEMEYER, California DOUG WALGREN, Pennsylvania BOB WHITTAKER, Kansas AL SWIFT, Washington THOMAS J. TAUKE, Iowa CAROL% COLLINS, Illinois DON RITTilR, Pennsylvania MIKE SYNAR, Oklahoma THOMAS J. BLILEY, Ja., Virginia W.J. "BILLY" TAUZIN, Louisiana JACK FIELDS, Texas RON WYDEN, Oregon MICHAEL G. OXLEY, Ohio RALPH M. HALL, Texas HOWARD C. NIELSON, Utah DENNIS E. ECKART, Ohio MICHAEL 5ILIRAKIS, Florida BILL RICHARDSON, New Mexico DAN SCHAEFER, Colorado JIM SLATTERY, Kansas JOE BARTON, Texas GERRY SIKORSKL Minnesota SONNY CALLAHAN, Alabama JOHN BRYANT, Texas ALEX McMILLAN, North Carolina JIM RATES, California RICK BOUCHER, Virginia JIM COOPER, Tennessee TERRY L. BRUCE, Illinois J. ROY ROWLAND, Georgia THOMAS J. MANTON, New York EDOLPHUS TOWNS. New York C. THOMAS McMMLEN, Maryland JOHN S. ORLANDO, Chief of Staff JOHN M. (...,0(1011, Ja., Staff Director MARGARIT A. Duaans, Minority Chief CounseI/Staff Director SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS THOMAS A. LUKEN, Ohio, Chairman AL svnyr, Washington BOB WHTTTAKER, Kansas JIM SLATTERY, Kansas MATTHEW J. RINALDO, New Jersey RICK BOUCHER, Viru:nia THOMAS J. TAUKE, Iowa THOMAS J. MANTON, New York DAN SCHAEFER, Colorado C. THOMAS McMILLEN, Maryland SONNY CALLAHAN, Alabama W.J. "BILLY" TAUZIN, Louisiana ALEX MCMILLAN, North Carolina RON WYDEN, Oregon NORMAN F. LENT, New York DENNIS E. ECKART, Ohio (Ex Officio) BILL RICHARDSON, New Mexico JOHN D. DINGELL, Michigan (Ex Officio) JOHN G. ARLINGTON, Chief Counsel/Staff Director JUDITh L. LAMON, ONUS Set KR= COLN, Minority Counsel CONTENTS Text of H.R. 3677 Page Testimony of: 3 August, thanes D., occupationalhealth wid safety specialist, ederation of State, Countyand Municipal Employees American Billirakis, Michael, vice 142 president, Ohio EducationAssociation, on behalf of the National EducationAssociation Fishe?-, Linda J., Assistant 134 Administrator for Pesticidesand Toxic Sub- stances, Environmental ProtectionAgency Gee, J. Bernard L.,professor of medicine, Yale 22 Medicine University School of Herber, Katharine L., counsel, 104 Levin, Stephen M., medical National School BoardsAssocia Lion 125 director, Mount Sinai-IrvingJ. Selikoff Occu- pational Health ClinicalCenter, New York City Packer, Joel, legislativespecialist, National Education 109 Veith, C. Gregory,manager, fr cilities services and Association 125 cese of Chicago, on behalf of the construction, Archdio- tion Council for AmericanPrivate &loca- West, Sarah, Virginia 186 PTA State LegislativeChair, on behalf of the National Parent-TeacherAssociation Material submitted for therecord by: 180 General Services Administration, documentationpackage for asbestosop- eration.s and maintenanceprograms in U.S. General Services tration facilities, September24, 1990 Adminis- Service EmployeesInternational Union, AFL-C1O. 38 CLC, statement 196 BEST COPY AVAILABLE ASBESTOS SCHOOL HAZARDABATEMENT TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1990 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMM I I'LXE ON ENERGYAND COMMERCE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, Washington, DC The subcommittee met,pursuant to notice, at 1:13p.m., in room 2322, Rayburn House OfficeBuilding, Hon. Thomas A. Luken (chairman) presiding. Mr. Lux.m. Let'smove ahead. I apologize for startinga little late today, but there were other thingson the calendar for the commit- tee this morning. Today the subcommitteeconvenes to consider legislation toreau- thorize the Asbestos SchoolHazard Abatement Act of 1989,or ASHAA. The subcommitteewill consider testimony fromtwo scien- tific experts on the relativerisks of exposure to asbestos. Themain purpose of ASHAA, however, is to providefinancial assistance to needy school districts in thefont o's loans and grants forasbestos- related activities. Theseinclude inspecting for asbestos-containing materials, preparingmanagement plans, abating asbestos,and re- placing asbestos with othermaterial. Another asbestos law, theAsbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act, or AHERA, requiresthe schools to inspect for asbestosand to develop and implementasbestos management plans.Asbestos abatement can range frominspection and maintenance to complete removal, dependingupon factors such as condition and location of the asbestos. Appropriateaction should be determined case basis. on a case-by- The current ASHAAauthorization expires this September. is not reauthorized, If it no Federal assistance will be available tomany public and privF.ce schoolsfor abatement,nor will any funds be available to continue theinformation assistance provided by EPA. program currently According to EPP, as of October 1989, 94 percent of all school districts had completed theasbestos management plans requiredby AHERA. Thismeans that 94 percent of the schools shouldhave ac- tually begun abatementwork, many of which would beentitled to receive loans or grants underASHAA. The latest data fromEPA indicates that the amovnt ofmoney requested through ASHAA has increased, but the majority ofschools are unable to get thefinan- cial assistance they needto manage asbestos. In the 1990applica- tion cycle, local educationalauthorities requested almost $406mil- (1) 2 lion for abatement activities but only $44 million, or 11 percent, was made available. H.R. 3677 extends the authorization for the loan and grant pro- gram through 1995 and increases the maximum amount thatcould be appropriated to $250 million per year. As we will hear today in Lestiniony before the subcommittee, there is a dire need for con- tinuing to provide Federal assistance to our schools for abating as- bestos. Scarce money that otherwise would be spent on education will be diverted to pay for asbestos abatement. Already, private schools have closed because they couki not pay for federally man-
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