Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73
§4370 Reimbursement for use of facilities
Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 55— - NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › § 4370
Summary
The EPA can let outside people or groups use special Environmental Protection Agency research and test facilities and charge fees or payments to cover the costs, and the Agency keeps that money. The EPA can make rules for safe accounting and lab use and may waive fees for nonprofit public or private groups when it is in the public interest.
Full Legal Text
Title 42, §4370
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(a)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)The Administrator may promulgate regulations to cover such use of Agency facilities in accordance with generally accepted accounting, safety, and laboratory practices.
(c)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.
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Editorial Notes
Codification 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.
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42 U.S.C. § 4370
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73