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U.S. Code > Title 20 > Chapter 52 > Subchapter V > § 4019 - Affect on rights under other laws

  For purposes of this subchapter:
    (1) The term "asbestos" means - 
      (A) chrysotile, amosite, or crocidolite; or
      (B) in fibrous form, tremolite, anthophyllite, or actinolite.

    (2) The term "Attorney General" means the Attorney General of
  the United States.
    (3) The term "threat" or "hazard" means that an asbestos
  material is friable or easily damaged, or within reach of
  students or employees or otherwise susceptible to damage
  (including damage from water, vibration, or air circulation)
  which could result in the dispersal of asbestos fibers into the
  school environment.
    (4) The term "local educational agency" means - 
      (A) any local educational agency as defined in section 7801
    of this title; and
      (B) the governing authority of any nonprofit elementary or
    secondary school.

    (5) The term "nonprofit elementary or secondary school" means -
  
      (A) any elementary or secondary school as defined in section
    7801 of this title owned and operated by one or more nonprofit
    corporations or associations no part of the net earnings of
    which inures, or may lawfully inure, to the benefit of any
    private shareholder or individual; and
      (B) any school of any agency of the United States.

    (6) The term "school buildings" means - 
      (A) structures suitable for use as classrooms, laboratories,
    libraries, school eating facilities, or facilities used for the
    preparation of food;
      (B) any gymnasium or other facility which is specially
    designed for athletic or recreational activities for an
    academic course in physical education;
      (C) other facilities used for the instruction of students,
    for research, or for the administration of educational or
    research programs; and
      (D) maintenance, storage, or utility facilities essential to
    the operation of the facilities described in subparagraphs (A)
    through (C) of this paragraph.

    (7) The term "Administrator" means the Administrator of the
  Environmental Protection Agency, or the Administrator's designee.
    (8) The term "State" means each of the several States, the
  District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam,
  American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands,
  the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Bureau of
  Indian Affairs.
    (9) The term "response action" has the meaning given such term
  by section 2642(11) of title 15.

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