['.', 'Assistance', 'Program', '(AIMPAP).', 'These', 'programs', 'have', 'provided', 'more', 'than', '$175', 'million', 'in', 'school', 'assistance', 'since', '1985;', '©', 'Development', 'and', 'distribution', 'of', 'guidance', 'documents', 'for', 'building', 'owners', 'and', 'others', 'responsible', 'for', 'carrying', 'out', 'asbestos', 'abatement', 'activities;', '©', 'Development', 'and', 'funding', 'of', 'five', 'university', 'asbestos', 'information', 'and', 'training', 'centers', 'as', 'well', 'as', 'four', 'satellite', 'training', 'centers;', '©', 'Distribution', 'of', 'grants', 'to', 'States', 'for', 'certification,', 'training', 'and', 'accreditation', 'programs.', 'Activities', 'to', 'reduce', 'exposure', 'to', 'asbestos-containing', 'materials', 'in', 'commercial', 'and', 'public', 'buildings', 'include:', '©', 'Establishment', 'of', 'regional', 'technical', 'assistance', 'outreach', 'program,', 'involving', 'EPA', 'asbestos', 'coordinators', 'and', 'technical', 'support', 'ataff;', '©', 'Submission', 'to', 'Congress', 'in', 'February', '1988', 'of', '@', 'report', 'on', 'the', 'Public', 'and', 'Commercial', 'Buildings', 'Study,', 'in', 'which', 'EPA', 'estimated', 'that', '20', 'percent', 'of', 'commercial', 'and', 'public', 'buildings', '(at', 'least', '700,000', 'buildings)', 'contain', 'friable', 'asbestos;', 'o', 'Completion', 'of', 'a', 'major', 'field', 'study', 'which', 'compares', 'airborne', 'outdoor', 'asbestos', 'levels', 'with', 'prevailing', 'indoor', 'levels', 'in', '43', 'Federal', 'buildings', 'with', 'asbestos-containing', 'materials.', 'An', 'interim', 'report', 'on', 'the', 'results', 'of', 'the', 'study', 'indicates', 'very', 'low', 'prevailing', 'levels', 'in', 'Federal', 'buildings', 'and', 'no', 'statistical', 'difference', 'between', 'indoor', 'and', 'outdoor', 'levels,', 'even', 'in', 'buildings', 'with', 'damaged', 'asbestos-containing', 'materials;', 'e@', 'Sponsorship', 'of', 'the', 'Federal', 'Asbestos', 'Task', 'Force', '(FATE),', '@', 'working', 'group', 'of', 'Federal', 'agencies', 'with', 'asbestos', 'control', 'responsibilities;', 'and', '©', 'Publication', 'and', 'distribution,', 'in', 'cooperation', 'with', 'CPSC,', 'of', 'the', 'booklet', 'Asbestos', 'in', 'the', 'Home.', 'Other', 'asbestos', 'regulatory', 'activities', 'include:', '©', 'Proposed', 'revision', 'of', 'the', 'National', 'Emissions', 'Standards', 'for', 'Hazardous', 'Air', 'Pollutants', '(NESHAPS)', 'for', 'asbestos', 'under', 'Section', '112', 'of', 'the', 'Clean', 'Air', 'Act:', ':', '©', 'Issuance', 'of', 'a', 'worker', 'protection', 'rule', 'under', 'Section', '6', 'of', 'the', 'Toxic', 'Substances', 'Control', 'Act', '(TSCA);', '©', 'A', 'proposal,', 'also', 'under', 'Section', '6', 'of', 'TSCA,', 'to', 'ban', 'certain', 'asbestos', 'products', 'and', 'phase', 'out', 'others.', '10', 'OEEOLLIPOG']