---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 4853a"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "4853a"
heading: "Coordination between Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Labor"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/4853a"
units:
  - "Chapter 63A — Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction"
  - "Subchapter II — Worker Protection"
---

# §4853a. Coordination between Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Labor


The [Secretary](/usc/42/4851b.md?p=26) of Labor, in promulgating regulations under [section 4853 of this title](/usc/42/4853.md), shall consult and coordinate with the [Administrator](/usc/42/4005.md?p=1) of the Environmental Protection [Agency](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1) for the purpose of achieving the maximum enforcement of title IV of the Toxic Substances Control Act [[15 U.S.C. 2681](/usc/15/2681.md) et seq.] and the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 [[29 U.S.C. 651](/usc/29/651.md) et seq.] while imposing the least burdens of duplicative requirements on those subject to such title and Act and for other purposes.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 102–550, title X, § 1032, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3924.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Toxic Substances Control Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 94–469, Oct. 11, 1976, 90 Stat. 2003. Title IV of the Act is classified generally to subchapter IV (§ 2681 et seq.) of chapter 53 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2601 of Title 15 and Tables.

The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 91–596, Dec. 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 1590, which is classified principally to chapter 15 (§ 651 et seq.) of Title 29, Labor. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 651 of Title 29 and Tables.