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              UNITED  STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

                       WASHINGTON, D.C.  20548

                                        FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
  125220                                EXPECTED AT 10:30 A.M. EDT
                                        September 26, 1984

                            STATEMENT OF
           HUGH J. WESSINGER,  SENIOR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
      RESOURCES, COMMUNITY,  AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION

                             BEFORE THE
       SUBCOMMITTEE ON  COMMERCE, TRANSPORTATION, AND TOURISM
                              OF  THE
              HOUSE COMMITTEE ON  ENERGY AND COMMERCE

                                 ON
                GAO'S REVIEW OF  FEDERAL EFFORTS TO
                REDUCE ASBESTOS  HAZARDS IN SCHOOLS

Mr. Chairman and members of  the Subcommittee:

     We are pleased  to be here today to discuss the results of our

work on Federal efforts to reduce  asbestos hazards in schools.

Our comments will be based primarily  on information presented in

our August 31, 1982, report1 on  the Environmental Protection

Agency's (EPA's) actions  to address the potential health risk

associated with asbestos-containing materials  that were sprayed on

walls and ceilings to fireproof,  insulate, soundproof, and

decorate schools built or renovated between  1946 and 1972.  Before

getting into the results of our review,  let me provide a brief

background of federal actions to deal with  asbestos in schools.

     In March 1979, EPA launched  a technical assistance program to

encourage voluntary identification and correction of  asbestos

hazards in schools.  Shortly thereafter  the Congress enacted the

Asbestos School Hazard Detection and Control Act  of 1980.  The




1Asbestos in Schools:  A Dilemma  (GAO/CED-82-114, August 31,
1982).

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