---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 2650"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "2650"
heading: "Asbestos contractors and local educational agencies"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/2650"
units:
  - "Chapter 53 — Toxic Substances Control"
  - "Subchapter II — Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response"
---

# §2650. Asbestos contractors and local educational agencies

- (a) **Study—**
  - (1) **General requirement—** The [Administrator](/usc/15/2642.md?p=2) shall conduct a study on the availability of liability insurance and other forms of assurance against financial loss which are available to [local educational agencies](/usc/15/2642.md?p=7) and [asbestos](/usc/15/2642.md?p=3) contractors with respect to actions required under this subchapter. Such study shall examine the following:
    - (A) The extent to which liability insurance and other forms of assurance against financial loss are available to [local educational agencies](/usc/15/2642.md?p=7) and [asbestos](/usc/15/2642.md?p=3) contractors.
    - (B) The extent to which the cost of insurance or other forms of assurance against financial loss has increased and the extent to which coverage has become less complete.
    - (C) The extent to which any limitation in the availability of insurance or other forms of assurance against financial loss is the result of factors other than standards of liability in applicable law.
    - (D) The extent to which the existence of the regulations required by subsections (c) and (d) of [section 2643 of this title](/usc/15/2643.md) and the accreditation of contractors under [section 2646 of this title](/usc/15/2646.md) has affected the availability or cost of insurance or other forms of assurance against financial loss.
    - (E) The extent to which any limitation on the availability of insurance or other forms of assurance against financial loss is inhibiting inspections for [asbestos-containing material](/usc/15/2642.md?p=4) or the development or implementation of management plans under this subchapter.
    - (F) Identification of any other impediments to the timely completion of inspections or the development and implementation of management plans under this subchapter.
  - (2) **Interim report—** Not later than April 1, 1988, the [Administrator](/usc/15/2642.md?p=2) shall submit to the Congress an interim report on the progress of the study required by this subsection, along with preliminary findings based on information collected to that date.
  - (3) **Final report—** Not later than October 1, 1990, the [Administrator](/usc/15/2642.md?p=2) shall submit to the Congress a final report on the study required by this subsection, including final findings based on the information collected.
- (b) **State action—** On the basis of the interim report or the final report of the study required by [subsection (a)](#a), a [State](/usc/15/2642.md?p=14) may enact or amend [State](/usc/15/2642.md?p=14) law to establish or modify a standard of liability for [local educational agencies](/usc/15/2642.md?p=7) or [asbestos](/usc/15/2642.md?p=3) contractors with respect to actions required under this subchapter.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 94–469, title II, § 210, as added Pub. L. 99–519, § 2, Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2986.)