---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 U.S.C. § 4012"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
number: "4012"
heading: "Asbestos hazard abatement program"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/4012"
units:
  - "Chapter 52 — Education for Economic Security"
  - "Subchapter V — Asbestos School Hazard Abatement"
---

# §4012. Asbestos hazard abatement program

- (a) **Abatement program—** There is hereby established a program within the Environmental Protection Agency to be known as the [Asbestos](/usc/20/4020.md?p=1) [Hazards](/usc/20/4020.md?p=3) Abatement Program (hereinafter in this subchapter referred to as “Program”).
- (b) **Duties—** The duties of the [Administrator](/usc/20/4020.md?p=7) in implementing and effectuating the Program shall include—
  - (1) the compilation of medical, scientific, and technical information including, but not limited to—
    - (A) the health and safety [hazards](/usc/20/4020.md?p=3) associated with [asbestos](/usc/20/4020.md?p=1) materials;
    - (B) the means of identifying, sampling, and testing materials suspected of emitting [asbestos](/usc/20/4020.md?p=1) fibers; and
    - (C) the means of abating the [threat](/usc/20/4020.md?p=3) posed by [asbestos](/usc/20/4020.md?p=1) and [asbestos](/usc/20/4020.md?p=1) containing materials;
  - (2) the distribution of the information described in [paragraph (1)](#b-1) (in any appropriate form such as pamphlets, reports, or instructions) to [State](/usc/20/4020.md?p=8) and [local educational agencies](/usc/20/4020.md?p=4) and to other institutions, including parent and employee organizations, for the purpose of carrying out activities described in this subchapter;
  - (3) not later than November 15 of each year for which this subchapter is authorized, the development and distribution of applications, or notifications to all [local educational agencies](/usc/20/4020.md?p=4) of the availability of application forms including information for obtaining such forms; and
  - (4) the review of applications for financial assistance, and the approval or disapproval of such applications, in accordance with the provisions of [section 4014 of this title](/usc/20/4014.md).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 98–377, title V, § 503, Aug. 11, 1984, 98 Stat. 1288; Pub. L. 101–637, §§ 4, 14(a)(3), (b)(3), (4), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4590, 4594, 4595.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1990—Pub. L. 101–637, § 14(a)(3), made technical amendment to section catchline.

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101–637, § 14(b)(3), inserted heading and struck out par. (1) designation before “There is hereby established”.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101–637, § 14(b)(4), inserted heading.

Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 101–637, § 4(1), (2), substituted “educational agencies” for “agencies” and “institutions, including parent and employee organizations,” for “institutions”.

Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 101–637, § 4(3), amended par. (3) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (3) read as follows: “the development within forty-five days of August 11, 1984, of an interim or final application form, which shall be distributed promptly to local educational agencies; and”.