Abatement Act

Operating under contract to EPA, the TCSA Hotline provides technical assistance and information about programs under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), including the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act (ASHAA), the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA), and the Lead Exposure Reduction Act. Hours 8 30 a.m. - 5 00 p.m. EST weekdays. 

TSCA-11 Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Abatement Act... 

The seriousness of the smoke problems in England (as well as on the continent) led to numerous efforts by local governments to control smoke, such as the 1853 Smoke Nuisance Abatement Act in London and the 1857 Smoke Abatement Act in Scotland, which both defined smoke from furnaces as a nuisance. In 1863, the British Parliament passed the Alkali Act, which set up an Inspectorate to control industrial emissions of hydrogen chloride. Its... 

See, e.g., Chapter 17, Indoor Radon Abatement Act and Chapter 19, Healthy High-Performance Schools Act. 

Congress enacted the Indoor Radon Abatement Act of 1988 and set a national goal that indoor air be as free from radon as the outside air. The Act provided incentives for states to establish radon programs, conduct surveys, and develop information on the public health hazard of radon, and directed the EPA to support those programs by developing information, standards, and... 

The Act did not envision the implementation of a robust regulatory framework at the federal level. The Act was designed to enable the federal government, under the auspices of the EPA, to provide the states with sufficient assistance so that the states could tackle what was perceived to be a local issue in need of local solutions. In fact, the Senate bill was given the working name of the State Radon Program Development Act of 1988, before it was enacted and formally named the Indoor Radon Abatement Act. As Senator Chafee, a sponsor of the legislation, stated ... 

A school which is an applicant for financial assistance under section 505 of the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act of 1984 [20 U.S.C. 4014] is not ehgible for such assistance unless the school, in carrying out the requirements of this subchapter-... 

A further attempt at a smoke abatement law was abandoned because of the start of the First World War. Then in December 1922 there was further heavy fog, and the consequent deaths from bronchitis and public awareness led to the 1925 Smoke Abatement Act, but it was again a weak piece of legislation. No real improvements occurred. 

The Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act (SHAA) of 1984 was passed to encourage the removal of asbestos from schools. In 1986, the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act was passed to correct in deficiencies in the previous Act. The final rule, issued in 1987, required local education agencies... 

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