100 STAT. 1758
PUBLIC LAW 99-499—OCT. 17, 1986
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on a single site or on contiguous or adjacent sites and which are owned or operated by the same person (or by any person which • controls, is controlled by, or under common control with, such person). For purposes of section 304, the term includes motor vehicles, rolling stock, and aircraft. (5) HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL.—The term "hazardous chemical" ' has the meaning given such term by section 311(e). (6) MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET.—The term "material safety data sheet" means the sheet required to be developed under section 1910.1200(g) of title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as that section may be amended from time to time. ••'-• (7) PERSON.—The term "person" means any individual, trust, firm, joint stock company, corporation (including a government corporation), partnership, association. State, municipality, commission, political subdivision of a State, or interstate body. (8) RELEASE.—The term "release" means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, ^ escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing into the environment (including the abandonment or discarding of barrels, containers, and other closed receptacles) of any hazardous chemical, extremely hazardous substance, or toxic chemical. (9) STATE.—The term "State" means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other territory or t" possession over which the United States has jurisdiction. (10) TOXIC CHEMICAL.—The term "toxic chemical" means a substance on the list described in section 313(c).
42 USC 11050.
SEC. 330. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1986, such sums as may be necessary to carry out this title. Radon Gas and
TITLE IV—RADON GAS AND INDOOR AIR QUALITY
Indoor Air
RESEARCH
Quality
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Research Act of 1986.
SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE.
42 USC 7401 "ote.
This title may be cited as the "Radon Gas and Indoor Air Quality Research Act of 1986".
42 USC 7401
SEC. 402. FINDINGS.
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The Congress finds that: "'"** ' "^ (1) High levels of radon gas pose a serious health threat in
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structures in certain areas of the country. (2) Various scientific studies have suggested that exposure to . radon, including exposure to naturally occurring radon and indoor air pollutants, poses a public health risk. (3) Existing Federal radon and indoor air pollutant research programs are fragmented and underfunded. (4) An adequate information base concerning exposure to radon and indoor air pollutants should be developed by the appropriate Federal agencies.
42 USC 7401
SEC. 403. RADON GAS AND INDOOR AIR QUALITY RESEARCH PROGRAM. (a) DESIGN OF PROGRAM.—The Administrator of the Environ
mental Protection Agency shall establish a research program with
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