[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR65a.2]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 65a--NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES BASIC RESEARCH AND TRAINING GRANTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 65a.2  Definitions.

    As used in this part:

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    Act means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.).
    Award or grant means a grant or cooperative agreement awarded under 
section 311(a) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 9660(a)).
    Director means the Director of the National Institute of 
Environmental Health Sciences, or the Director's delegate.
    HHS means the Department of Health and Human Services.
    Institution of higher education means an educational institution in 
any state which (1) admits as regular students only persons having a 
certificate of graduation from a school providing secondary education, 
or the recognized equivalent of such a certificate, (2) is legally 
authorized within the state to provide a program of education beyond 
secondary education, (3) provides an educational program for which it 
awards a bachelor's degree or provides not less than a two-year program 
which is acceptable for full credit toward a bachelor's degree, (4) is a 
public or other nonprofit institution, and (5) is accredited by a 
nationally recognized accrediting agency or association or, if not so 
accredited, (i) is an institution with respect to which the Secretary of 
Education has determined that there is satisfactory assurance, 
considering the resources available to the institution, the period of 
time, if any, during which it has operated, the effort it is making to 
meet accreditation standards, and the purpose for which this 
determination is being made, that the institution will meet the 
accreditation standards of a nationally recognized accrediting agency or 
association within a reasonable time, or (ii) is an institution whose 
credits are accepted, on transfer, by not less than three institutions 
which are so accredited, for credit on the same basis as if transferred 
from an institution so accredited. The term also includes any school 
which provides not less than a one-year program of training to prepare 
students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation and which 
meets the provisions of paragraphs (1), (2), (4), and (5) of this 
definition. The term also includes a public or nonprofit private 
educational institution in any state which, in lieu of the requirement 
in paragraph (1), admits as regular students persons who are beyond the 
age of compulsory school attendance in the state in which the 
institution is located and who meet the requirements of section 1091(d) 
of title 20 U.S. Code, as amended. For purposes of this definition, the 
Secretary of Education publishes a list of nationally recognized 
accrediting agencies or associations which that official determines to 
be reliable authority as to the quality of training offered. This list 
is found in the brochure, ``Nationally Recognized Accrediting Agencies 
and Associations Criteria and Procedures for Listing by the U.S. 
Secretary of Education and Current List.''

    [Note: This brochure is subject to change, and interested persons 
should contact the U.S. Department of Education Office of Post-Secondary 
Education, Accreditation and State Liaison Division, ROB 3, 7th and D 
Streets, S.W., Room 37-15, Washington, DC 20202-5244 (202-708-7417; not 
a toll-free number) to obtain a current version of the brochure and any 
amendments.]

    NIEHS means the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 
an organizational component of the National Institutes of Health, as 
authorized under sections 401(b) and 463 of the Public Health Service 
Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 281(b) and 185l).
    NIH means the National Institutes of Health.
    Nonprofit, as applied to any agency, organization, institution, or 
other entity, means a corporation or association no part of the net 
earnings of which insures or may lawfully inure to the benefit of any 
private shareholder or individual.
    PHS means the Public Health Service.
    Program means the activity to carry out research and training 
supported by a grant under this part.
    Program director means the single individual designated by the 
grantee in the grant application and approved by the Director, who is 
responsible for the scientific and technical direction of the research 
component and the conduct of the training component under a program.

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    Project period means the period of time, from one to five years, 
specified in the notice of grant award that NIEHS intends to support a 
proposed program without requiring the program awardee to recompete for 
funds.
    Secretary means, unless the context otherwise requires, the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services or other official of HHS to whom 
the authority involved is delegated.