[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: 40CFR7.15]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
               CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
 
PART 7_NONDISCRIMINATION IN PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES RECEIVING FEDERAL 
ASSISTANCE FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 7.15  Applicability.

    This part applies to all applicants for, and recipients of, EPA 
assistance in the operation of programs or activities receiving such 
assistance beginning February 13, 1984. New construction (Sec. 7.70) 
for which design was initiated prior to February 13, 1984, shall comply 
with the accessibility requirements in the Department of Health, 
Education and Welfare (now the Department of Health and Human Services) 
nondiscrimination regulation, 45 CFR 84.23, issued June 3, 1977, or with 
equivalent standards that ensure the facility is readily accessible to 
and usable by handicapped persons. Such assistance includes but is not 
limited to

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that which is listed in the Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 
under the 66.000 series. It supersedes the provisions of former 40 CFR 
parts 7 and 12.