§4369 — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

Summary

Send any reports about the Agency’s research, development, and demonstration work quickly to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, unless the law forbids it. The Administrator must keep those committees fully up to date. Reports required by section 5910 must be made available for public comment and sent to heads of affected agencies for comment and, when action is recommended, for a reply. The Administrator must also actively share all EPA research activity and results on environmental control technologies with the Department of Energy to help DOE plan and set priorities.

Title 42, §4369

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(a)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)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)The reports provided for in section 5910 11 See References in Text note below. 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)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.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in 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 (c), was repealed by Pub.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. Codification 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.

Amendments

1994—Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “Science, Space, and Technology” for “Science and Technology”.

§4369 Miscellaneous reports