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42 U.S.C. § 4362 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 4362. Interagency cooperation on prevention of environmental cancer and heart and lung disease
(a) Not later than three months after August 7, 1977, there shall be established a Task Force on Environmental Cancer and Heart and Lung Disease (hereinafter referred to as the “Task Force”). The Task Force shall include representatives of the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Cancer Institute, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, and the National Institute on Environmental Health Sciences, and shall be chaired by the Administrator (or his delegate).
(b) The Task Force shall—
(1) recommend a comprehensive research program to determine and quantify the relationship between environmental pollution and human cancer and heart and lung disease;
(2) recommend comprehensive strategies to reduce or eliminate the risks of cancer or such other diseases associated with environmental pollution;
(3) recommend research and such other measures as may be appropriate to prevent or reduce the incidence of environmentally related cancer and heart and lung diseases;
(4) coordinate research by, and stimulate cooperation between, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Health and Human Services, and such other agencies as may be appropriate to prevent environmentally related cancer and heart and lung diseases; and
(5) report to Congress, not later than one year after August 7, 1977, and annually thereafter, on the problems and progress in carrying out this section.
(Pub. L. 95–95, title IV, § 402, Aug. 7, 1977, 91 Stat. 791; Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was enacted as part of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977, and not as part of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 which comprises this chapter.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Change of Name
text: “Department of Health and Human Services” substituted for “Department of Health, Education, and Welfare” in subsec. (b)(4) pursuant to section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88, which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education.
heading: Effective Date
text: Section effective Aug. 7, 1977, except as otherwise expressly provided, see section 406(d) of Pub. L. 95–95, set out as an Effective Date of 1977 Amendment note under section 7401 of this title.
heading: Termination of Reporting Requirements
text: For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions in subsec. (b)(5) of this section relating to annual report to Congress, see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance, and item 18 on page 164 of House Document No. 103–7.
42 U.S.C. § 4362a (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 4362a. Membership of Task Force on Environmental Cancer and Heart and Lung Disease
The Director of the National Center for Health Statistics and the head of the Center for Disease Control (or the successor to such entity) shall each serve as members of the Task Force on Environmental Cancer and Heart and Lung Disease established under section 4362 of this title.
(Pub. L. 95–623, § 9, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3455.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was enacted as part of the Health Services Research, Health Statistics, and Health Care Technology Act of 1978, and not as part of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 which comprises this chapter.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Change of Name
text: Centers for Disease Control changed to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Pub. L. 102–531, title III, § 312, Oct. 27, 1992, 106 Stat. 3504.
42 U.S.C. § 4363 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 4363. Continuing and long-term environmental research and development
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall establish a separately identified program of continuing, long-term environmental research and development for each activity listed in section 2(a) of this Act. Unless otherwise specified by law, at least 15 per centum of funds appropriated to the Administrator for environmental research and development for each activity listed in section 2(a) of this Act shall be obligated and expended for such long-term environmental research and development under this section.
(Pub. L. 96–569, § 2(f), Dec. 22, 1980, 94 Stat. 3337.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: References in Text
text: Section 2(a) of this Act, referred to in text, is section 2(a) of Pub. L. 96–569, Dec. 22, 1980, 94 Stat. 3335, which is not classified to the Code.
heading: Codification
text: Section was enacted as part of the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1981, and not as part of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 which comprises this chapter.
heading: Prior Provisions
text: Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following prior authorization acts:
1980—Pub. L. 96–229, § 2(e), Apr. 7, 1980, 94 Stat. 327.
1977—Pub. L. 95–155, § 6, Nov. 8, 1977, 91 Stat. 1259.
42 U.S.C. § 4363a (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 4363a. Pollution control technologies demonstrations
(1) The Administrator shall continue to be responsible for conducting and shall continue to conduct full-scale demonstrations of energy-related pollution control technologies as necessary in his judgment to fulfill the provisions of the Clean Air Act as amended [42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.], the Federal Water Pollution Control Act as amended [33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.], and other pertinent pollution control statutes.
(2) Energy-related environmental protection projects authorized to be administered by the Environmental Protection Agency under this Act shall not be transferred administratively to the Department of Energy or reduced through budget amendment. No action shall be taken through administrative or budgetary means to diminish the ability of the Environmental Protection Agency to initiate such projects.
(Pub. L. 96–229, § 2(d), Apr. 7, 1980, 94 Stat. 327.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: References in Text
text: The Clean Air Act as amended, referred to in par. (1), is act July 14, 1955, ch. 360, 69 Stat. 322, as amended, which is classified generally to chapter 85 (§ 7401 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 7401 of this title and Tables.
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act as amended, referred to in par. (1), is act June 30, 1948, ch. 758, as amended generally by Pub. L. 92–500, § 2, Oct. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 816, which is classified generally to chapter 26 (§ 1251 et seq.) of Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1251 of Title 33 and Tables.
This Act, referred to in par. (2), is Pub. L. 96–229, Apr. 7, 1980, 94 Stat. 325, known as the Environmental, Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1980, which enacted sections 4363, 4363a, 4369a, and 4370 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
heading: Codification
text: Section was enacted as part of the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1980, and not as part of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 which comprises this chapter.
heading: Prior Provisions
text: Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following prior authorization act:
1979—Pub. L. 95–477, § 2(d), Oct. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 1508.
42 U.S.C. § 4364 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 4364. Expenditure of funds for research and development related to regulatory program activities
(a) Coordination, etc., with research needs and priorities of program offices and Environmental Protection Agency
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall assure that the expenditure of any funds appropriated pursuant to this Act or any other provision of law for environmental research and development related to regulatory program activities shall be coordinated with and reflect the research needs and priorities of the program offices, as well as the overall research needs and priorities of the Agency, including those defined in the five-year research plan.
(b) Program offices subject to coverage
For purposes of subsection (a), the appropriate program offices are—
(1) the Office of Air and Waste Management, for air quality activities;
(2) the Office of Water and Hazardous Materials, for water quality activities and water supply activities;
(3) the Office of Pesticides, for environmental effects of pesticides;
(4) the Office of Solid Waste, for solid waste activities;
(5) the Office of Toxic Substances, for toxic substance activities;
(6) the Office of Radiation Programs, for radiation activities; and
(7) the Office of Noise Abatement and Control, for noise activities.
(c) Report to Congress; contents
The Administrator shall submit to the President and the Congress a report concerning the most appropriate means of assuring, on a continuing basis, that the research efforts of the Agency reflect the needs and priorities of the regulatory program offices, while maintaining a high level of scientific quality. Such report shall be submitted on or before March 31, 1978.
(Pub. L. 95–155, § 7, Nov. 8, 1977, 91 Stat. 1259.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: References in Text
text: This Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 95–155, Nov. 8, 1977, 91 Stat. 1257, as amended, known as the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978, which to the extent classified to the Code enacted sections 300j–3a, 4361a, 4361b, and 4363 to 4367 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
heading: Codification
text: Section was enacted as part of the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978, and not as part of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 which comprises this chapter.
42 U.S.C. § 4366a (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 4366a. Omitted
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section, Pub. L. 101–617, § 4, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3287, which related to development of data base of environmental research articles indexed by geographic location, expired 10 years after Nov. 16, 1990, pursuant to section 6 of Pub. L. 101–617, formerly set out as a Termination Date note under this section.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Termination Date
text: Pub. L. 101–617, § 6, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3287, provided that Pub. L. 101–617, which enacted this section and provisions formerly set out under this section, was to expire 10 years after Nov. 16, 1990.
heading: Short Title; Findings; Purpose; Authorization
text: Pub. L. 101–617, §§ 1–3, 5, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3287, which provided that Pub. L. 101–617, which enacted this section and provisions formerly set out under this section, could be cited as the “Environmental Research Geographic Location Information Act”, and further provided for findings, purpose to develop data base of environmental research articles indexed by geographic location, and authorization of appropriations, expired 10 years after Nov. 16, 1990, pursuant to section 6 of Pub. L. 101–617, formerly set out as a note under this section.
42 U.S.C. § 4367 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 4367. Reporting requirements of financial interests of officers and employees of Environmental Protection Agency
(a) Covered officers and employees
Each officer or employee of the Environmental Protection Agency who—
(1) performs any function or duty under this Act; and
(2) has any known financial interest in any person who applies for or receives grants, contracts, or other forms of financial assistance under this Act,
shall, beginning on February 1, 1978, annually file with the Administrator a written statement concerning all such interests held by such officer or employee during the preceding calendar year. Such statement shall be available to the public.
(b) Implementation of requirements by Administrator
The Administrator shall—
(1) act within ninety days after November 8, 1977—
(A) to define the term “known financial interest” for purposes of subsection (a) of this section; and
(B) to establish the methods by which the requirement to file written statements specified in subsection (a) of this section will be monitored and enforced, including appropriate provision for the filing by such officers and employees of such statements and the review by the Administrator of such statements; and
(2) Omitted.
(c) Exemption of positions by Administrator
In the rules prescribed under subsection (b) of this section, the Administrator may identify specific positions of a nonpolicymaking nature within the Administration and provide that officers or employees occupying such positions shall be exempt from the requirements of this section.
(d) Violations; penalties
Any officer or employee who is subject to, and knowingly violates, this section, shall be fined not more than $2,500 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
(Pub. L. 95–155, § 12, Nov. 8, 1977, 91 Stat. 1263.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: References in Text
text: This Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), (2), is Pub. L. 95–155, Nov. 8, 1977, 91 Stat. 1257, as amended, known as the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978, which to the extent classified to the Code enacted sections 300j–3a, 4361a, 4361b, and 4363 to 4367 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
heading: Codification
text: Subsec. (b)(2) of this section, which required the Administrator to report to Congress on June 1 of each calendar year with respect to such disclosures and the actions taken in regard thereto during the preceding calendar year, terminated, effective May 15, 2000, pursuant to section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance. See, also, item 9 on page 164 of House Document No. 103–7.
Section was enacted as part of the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978, and not as part of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 which comprises this chapter.
42 U.S.C. § 4368 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 4368. Grants to qualified citizens groups
(1) There is authorized to be appropriated to the Environmental Protection Agency, for grants to qualified citizens groups in States and regions, $3,000,000.
(2) Grants under this section may be made for the purpose of supporting and encouraging participation by qualified citizens groups in determining how scientific, technological, and social trends and changes affect the future environment and quality of life of an area, and for setting goals and identifying measures for improvement.
(3) The term “qualified citizens group” shall mean a nonprofit organization of citizens having an area based focus, which is not single-issue oriented and which can demonstrate a prior record of interest and involvement in goal-setting and research concerned with improving the quality of life, including plans to identify, protect and enhance significant natural and cultural resources and the environment.
(4) A citizens group shall be eligible for assistance only if certified by the Governor in consultation with the State legislature as a bonafide organization entitled to receive Federal assistance to pursue the aims of this program. The group shall further demonstrate its capacity to employ usefully the funds for the purposes of this program and its broad-based representative nature.
(5) After an initial application for assistance under this section has been approved, the Administrator may make grants on an annual basis, on condition that the Governor recertify the group and that the applicant submits to the Administrator annually—
(A) an evaluation of the progress made during the previous year in meeting the objectives for which the grant was made;
(B) a description of any changes in the objectives of the activities; and
(C) a description of the proposed activities for the succeeding one year period.
(6) A grant made under this program shall not exceed 75 per centum of the estimated cost of the project or program for which the grant is made, and no group shall receive more than $50,000 in any one year.
(7) No financial assistance provided under this section shall be used to support lobbying or litigation by any recipient group.
(Pub. L. 95–477, § 3(d), Oct. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 1509.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: References in Text
text: This section, referred to in par. (5), means section 3 of Pub. L. 95–477, in its entirety, subsec. (d) of which enacted this section, subsecs. (a) and (b) of which were not classified to the Code, and subsec. (c) of which is set out as a note under section 4366 of this title.
heading: Codification
text: Section was enacted as part of the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1979, and not as part of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 which comprises this chapter.
42 U.S.C. § 4369 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 4369. Miscellaneous reports
(a) Availability to Congressional committees
All reports to or by the Administrator relevant to the Agency’s program of research, development, and demonstration shall promptly be made available to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate, unless otherwise prohibited by law.
(b) Transmittal of jurisdictional information
The Administrator shall keep the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate fully and currently informed with respect to matters falling within or related to the jurisdiction of the committees.
(c) Comment by Government agencies and the public
The reports provided for in section 5910 1 of this title shall be made available to the public for comment, and to the heads of affected agencies for comment and, in the case of recommendations for action, for response.
(d) Transmittal of research information to the Department of Energy
For the purpose of assisting the Department of Energy in planning and assigning priorities in research development and demonstration activities related to environmental control technologies, the Administrator shall actively make available to the Department all information on research activities and results of research programs of the Environmental Protection Agency.
(Pub. L. 95–477, § 5, Oct. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 1510; Pub. L. 103–437, § 15(c)(6), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4592.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: References in Text
text: Section 5910 of this title, referred to in subsec. (c), was repealed by Pub. L. 104–66, title II, § 2021(i), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 727.
heading: Codification
text: Section was enacted as part of the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1979, and not as part of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 which comprises this chapter.
heading: Amendments
text: 1994—Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “Science, Space, and Technology” for “Science and Technology”.
42 U.S.C. § 4369a (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 4369a. Reports on environmental research and development activities of Agency
(a) Reports to keep Congressional committees fully and currently informed
The Administrator shall keep the appropriate committees of the House and the Senate fully and currently informed about all aspects of the environmental research and development activities of the Environmental Protection Agency.
(b) Omitted
(Pub. L. 96–229, § 4, Apr. 7, 1980, 94 Stat. 328.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Subsec. (b) of this section, which required the Administrator to annually make available to the appropriate committees of Congress sufficient copies of a report fully describing funds requested and the environmental research and development activities to be carried out with these funds, terminated, effective May 15, 2000, pursuant to section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance. See, also, item 24 on page 163 of House Document No. 103–7.
Section was enacted as part of the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1980, and not as part of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 which comprises this chapter.
42 U.S.C. § 4370 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 4370. Reimbursement for use of facilities
(a) Authority to allow outside groups or individuals to use research and test facilities; reimbursement
The Administrator is authorized to allow appropriate use of special Environmental Protection Agency research and test facilities by outside groups or individuals and to receive reimbursement or fees for costs incurred thereby when he finds this to be in the public interest. Such reimbursement or fees are to be used by the Agency to defray the costs of use by outside groups or individuals.
(b) Rules and regulations
The Administrator may promulgate regulations to cover such use of Agency facilities in accordance with generally accepted accounting, safety, and laboratory practices.
(c) Waiver of reimbursement by Administrator
When he finds it is in the public interest the Administrator may waive reimbursement or fees for outside use of Agency facilities by nonprofit private or public entities.
(Pub. L. 96–229, § 5, Apr. 7, 1980, 94 Stat. 328.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was enacted as part of the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1980, and not as part of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 which comprises this chapter.
42 U.S.C. § 4370a (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 4370a. Assistant Administrators of Environmental Protection Agency; appointment; duties
(a) The President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, may appoint three Assistant Administrators of the Environmental Protection Agency in addition to—
(1) the five Assistant Administrators provided for in section 1(d) of Reorganization Plan Numbered 3 of 1970 (5 U.S.C. Appendix);
(2) the Assistant Administrator provided by section 2625(g) of title 15; and
(3) the Assistant Administrator provided by section 6911a of this title.
(b) Each Assistant Administrator appointed under subsection (a) shall perform such duties as the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may prescribe.
(Pub. L. 98–80, § 1, Aug. 23, 1983, 97 Stat. 485.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: References in Text
text: Reorganization Plan Numbered 3 of 1970, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), is set out under section 4321 of this title.
heading: Codification
text: Section was not enacted as part of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 which comprises this chapter.
42 U.S.C. § 4370b (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 4370b. Availability of fees and charges to carry out Agency programs
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, after September 30, 1990, amounts deposited in the Licensing and Other Services Fund from fees and charges assessed and collected by the Administrator for services and activities carried out pursuant to the statutes administered by the Environmental Protection Agency shall thereafter be available to carry out the Agency’s activities in the programs for which the fees or charges are made.
(Pub. L. 101–144, title III, Nov. 9, 1989, 103 Stat. 858.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was enacted as part of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990, and not as part of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 which comprises this chapter.