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Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§6917 Office of Ombudsman

Title 42 › CHAPTER 82 — SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL › SUBCHAPTER II — OFFICE OF SOLID WASTE; AUTHORITIES OF THE ADMINISTRATOR › § 6917

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Administrator must create an Office of Ombudsman led by an Ombudsman. The office will take complaints, grievances, and requests for information from any person about programs or rules under this chapter. The Ombudsman will help with those matters and give recommendations to the Administrator. Creating the office does not change other grievance, appeal, or administrative procedures. The office must end 4 years after November 8, 1984.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §6917

The Public Health and Welfare, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Establishment; functions
The Administrator shall establish an Office of Ombudsman, to be directed by an Ombudsman. It shall be the function of the Office of Ombudsman to receive individual complaints, grievances, requests for information submitted by any person with respect to any program or requirement under this chapter.
(b)Authority to render assistance
The Ombudsman shall render assistance with respect to the complaints, grievances, and requests submitted to the Office of Ombudsman, and shall make appropriate recommendations to the Administrator.
(c)Effect on procedures for grievances, appeals, or administrative matters
The establishment of the Office of Ombudsman shall not affect any procedures for grievances, appeals, or administrative matters in any other provision of this chapter, any other provision of law, or any Federal regulation.
(d)Termination
The Office of the Ombudsman shall cease to exist 4 years after November 8, 1984.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 6917

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110