[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: 40CFR45.135]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
               CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
 
PART 45_TRAINING ASSISTANCE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 45.135  Supplemental conditions.

    Training awards are subject to the following conditions:
    (a) Trainees must be citizens of the United States, its territories, 
or possessions, or lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent 
residence.
    (b) Recipients shall not require the performance of personal 
services by individuals receiving training as a condition for 
assistance.
    (c) Trainees are entitled to the normal student holidays observed by 
an academic institution, or the holiday and vacation schedule applicable 
to all trainees at a nonacademic institution.
    (d) Training awards may include a provision to pay stipends to 
trainees. Stipends must be paid under section 111 of the Clean Water Act 
consistent with

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prevailing practices under comparable federally supported programs.
    (e) Training awards under section 111 of the Clean Water Act are 
subject to the following conditions:
    (1) Recipients must obtain the following agreement in writing from 
persons awarded scholarships for undergraduate study of the operation 
and maintenance of treatment works:

    I agree to enter and remain in an occupation involving the design, 
operation, or maintenance of wastewater treatment works for a period of 
two years after the satisfactory completion of my studies under this 
program. I understand that if I fail to perform this obligation I may be 
required to repay the amount of my scholarship.

    (2) Recipients must take such action as may be reasonably required 
to enforce the condition in paragraph (e)(1) of this section. Recipients 
shall credit or pay EPA for any repayments.