Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 106 Part 5.djvu/286

This page needs to be proofread.

106 STAT. 3924 PUBLIC LAW 102-550—OCT. 28, 1992 15 USC 2601 note. "TITLE IV—LEAD EXPOSURE REDUCTION "Sec. 401. Definitions. "Sec. 402. Lead-based paint activities training and certification. "Sec. 403. Identification of dangeroiis levels of lead. "Sec. 404. Authorized State programs. "Sec. 405. Lead abatement and measiirement. "Sec. 406. Lead hazard information pamphlet. "Sec. 407. Regulations. "Sec. 408. Control of lead-based paint hazards at Federal fiadlities. "Sec. 409. Prohibited acts. "Sec. 410. Relationship to other Federal law. "Sec. 411. General provisions relating to administrative proceedings. "Sec. 412. Authorization of appropriations.". (c) SHORT TITLE.—T his subtitle may be cited as the "Lead- Based Paint Exposure Reduction Act". Subtitle C—Worker Protection 42 USC 4853. SEC. 1031. WORKER PROTECTION. Regulations. Not later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall issue an interim final regulation regulating occupational exposure to lead in the construction industiy. Such interim final regulation shall provide employment and places of employment to employees which are as safe and healthful as those which would prevail under the Department of Housing and Urban Development guidelines publishea at Federal Register 55, page 38973 (September 28, 1990) (Revised Chapter 8). Such interim final regulations shall take effect upon issuance (except that such regulations may include a reasonable delay in the effective date), shall have the legal effect of an Occupational Safety and Health Standard, and shall apply until a final standard becomes effective under section 6 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. 42 USC 4853a. SEC. 1032. COORDINATION BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AND DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. The Secretary of Labor, in promulgating regulations under section 1031, shall consult and coordinate with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for the purpose of achieving the maximum enforcement of title IV of the Toxic Substances Control Act and the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 while imposing the least burdens of duplicative reqmrements on those subject to such title and Act and for other purposes. SEC. 1033. NIOSH RESPONSIBILITIES. 29 USC 671. Section 22 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 is amended by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof: "(g) LEAD-BASED PAINT ACTIVITIES. — "(1) TRAINING GRANT PROGRAM.— (A) The Institute, in conjunction with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, may make grants for the training and education of workers and supervisors who are or may be directly engaged in lead-based paint activities. "(B) Grants referred to in subparap-aph (A) shall be awarded to nonprofit organizations (including colleges and universities, joint labor-management trust funds. States, and nonprofit government employee organizations)— "(i) which are engaged in the training and education of workers and supervisors who are or who may be directly