[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: 40CFR40.135-2]

[Page 712-713]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
               CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
 
PART 40_RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATION GRANTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 40.135-2  Application requirements.

    All applications for research and demonstration grants shall be 
submitted in an original and 8 copies to the Environmental Protection 
Agency, Grants Administration Division, Washington, DC 20460, in 
accordance with Sec. Sec. 30.315 through 30.315-3.
    (a) Applications involving human subjects. (1) Safeguarding the 
rights and welfare of human subjects involved in projects supported by 
EPA grants is the responsibility of the institution which receives or is 
accountable to EPA for the funds awarded for the support of the project.

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    (2) Institutions must submit to EPA, for review, approval, and 
official acceptance, a written assurance of its compliance with 
guidelines established by Department of Health, Education, and Welfare 
concerning protection of human subjects. However, institutions which 
have submitted and have had accepted, general assurance to DHEW under 
these guidelines will be considered as being in compliance with this 
requirement. These guidelines are provided in DHEW Publication No. (NIH) 
72-102, the ``Institutional Guide to DHEW Policy on Protection of Human 
Subjects.'' Copies of this publication are available from the 
Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, 
Washington, DC 20420.
    (3) Applicants must provide with each proposal involving human 
subjects a certification that it has been or will be reviewed in 
accordance with the institution's assurance. This certification must be 
renewed annually on the basis of continuing review of the supported 
project.
    (b) Applications involving laboratory animals. Each application for 
a project involving the use of warmblooded animals shall include a 
written assurance that the applicant has registered with the Department 
of Agriculture and is in compliance with the rules, regulations, and 
standards enunciated in the Animal Welfare Act, Public Law 89-554, as 
amended.
    (c) Notice of research project (NRP). Each application for research 
must include a summary (NRP) of proposed work (200 words or less) 
incorporating objectives, approach and current plans and/or progress. 
Upon approval of an application, summaries are forwarded to the 
Smithsonian Science Information Exchange. Summaries of work in progress 
are exchanged with government and private agencies supporting research 
and are forwarded to investigators who request such information.
    (d) Federal Water Pollution Control Act. (1) All applications for 
grants under section 105(a) must have been approved by the appropriate 
State water pollution control agency or agencies.
    (2) All applications for grants under section 107, where the 
proposed project will be located in the Appalachian region, shall have 
been coordinated with the Appalachian Regional Commission for 
determination that such demonstration project is consistent with the 
objectives of the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, as 
amended.
    (e) Intergovernmental review. EPA will not award funds under this 
subpart without review and consultation, if applicable, in accordance 
with the requirements of Executive Order 12372, as implemented in 40 CFR 
part 29 of this chapter.

[38 FR 12784, May 15, 1973, as amended at 40 FR 20083, May 8, 1975; 42 
FR 56057, Oct. 20, 1977; 48 FR 29302, June 24, 1983]