[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR12.101]

[Page 177]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
               CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
 
PART 12_NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF HANDICAP IN PROGRAMS OR 
 
Sec. 12.101  Purpose.

ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Sec.
12.101 Purpose.
12.102 Application.
12.103 Definitions.
12.104-12.109 [Reserved]
12.110 Self-evaluation.
12.111 Notice.
12.112-12.129 [Reserved]
12.130 General prohibitions against discrimination.
12.131-12.139 [Reserved]
12.140 Employment.
12.141-12.148 [Reserved]
12.149 Program accessibility: Discrimination prohibited.
12.150 Program accessibility: Existing facilities.
12.151 Program accessibility: New construction and alterations.
12.152-12.159 [Reserved]
12.160 Communications.
12.161-12.169 [Reserved]
12.170 Compliance procedures.
12.171-12.999 [Reserved]

    Authority: 29 U.S.C. 794.

    Source: 52 FR 30606, Aug. 14, 1987, unless otherwise noted.


    The purpose of this part is to effectuate section 119 of the 
Rehabilitation, Comprehensive Services, and Developmental Disabilities 
Amendments of 1978, which amended section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act 
of 1973 to prohibit discrimination on the basis of handicap in programs 
or activities conducted by Executive agencies or the U.S. Postal 
Service. Section 504 regulations applicable to recipients of financial 
assistance from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may be found 
at 40 CFR part 7 (1986).