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42 U.S.C. § 4364 — Expenditure of funds for research and development related to regulatory program activities

submitted 49 years ago by Pub. L. 95-155 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 246 words · no verdicts yet

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EPA research-and-development spending connected to regulatory programs must reflect the research priorities of both the relevant program offices and the Agency. The Administrator must identify those offices and report on continuing coordination.

(a) The Administrator must ensure that all funds appropriated under this Act or another law for environmental research and development connected to regulatory activities are coordinated with, and reflect, the research needs and priorities of the program offices and the Agency overall, including the five-year research plan. (b) The relevant offices are: (1) Air and Waste Management for air quality; (2) Water and Hazardous Materials for water quality and supply; (3) Pesticides for environmental effects of pesticides; (4) Solid Waste for solid waste; (5) Toxic Substances for toxic substances; (6) Radiation Programs for radiation; and (7) Noise Abatement and Control for noise. (c) By March 31, 1978, the Administrator must report to the President and Congress on the best continuing way to ensure Agency research reflects regulatory-office needs and priorities while maintaining high scientific quality.
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(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.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 95–155, § 7, Nov. 8, 1977, 91 Stat. 1259.)

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  • 1977Enacted · Pub. L. 95-155 · 91 Stat. 1259

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