Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110
§4370 Reimbursement for Use of Facilities
Title 42 › CHAPTER 55 — NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY › SUBCHAPTER III — MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › § 4370
Summary
The EPA Administrator can let outside groups or people use EPA research and test facilities and charge fees to cover the costs when it helps the public. The Administrator can make rules that follow normal accounting, safety, and lab practices and can waive fees for nonprofit public or private groups.
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Title 42, §4370
The Public Health and Welfare, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(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.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
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
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110