---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 2653"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "2653"
heading: "EPA study of asbestos-containing material in public buildings"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/2653"
units:
  - "Chapter 53 — Toxic Substances Control"
  - "Subchapter II — Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response"
---

# §2653. EPA study of asbestos-containing material in public buildings


Within 360 days after October 22, 1986, the [Administrator](/usc/15/2642.md?p=2) shall conduct and submit to the Congress the results of a study which shall—

- (1) assess the extent to which [asbestos-containing materials](/usc/15/2642.md?p=4) are present in [public and commercial buildings](/usc/15/2642.md?p=10);
- (2) assess the condition of [asbestos-containing material](/usc/15/2642.md?p=4) in commercial buildings and the likelihood that [persons](/usc/15/7a.md?p=6) occupying such buildings, including service and maintenance personnel, are, or may be, exposed to [asbestos](/usc/15/2642.md?p=3) fibers;
- (3) consider and report on whether [public and commercial buildings](/usc/15/2642.md?p=10) should be subject to the same inspection and [response action](/usc/15/2642.md?p=11) requirements that apply to [school buildings](/usc/15/2642.md?p=13);
- (4) assess whether existing Federal regulations adequately protect the general public, particularly abatement personnel, from exposure to [asbestos](/usc/15/2642.md?p=3) during renovation and demolition of such buildings; and
- (5) include recommendations that explicitly address whether there is a need to establish standards for, and regulate [asbestos](/usc/15/2642.md?p=3) exposure in, [public and commercial buildings](/usc/15/2642.md?p=10).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 94–469, title II, § 213, as added Pub. L. 99–519, § 2, Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2987.)