[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 40, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 40CFR18.2]



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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

               CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

 

PART 18_ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS AND SPECIAL 

RESEARCH CONSULTANTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  18.2  Applicability.



    The regulations in this part apply to the establishment of 

Environmental Protection Research Fellowships, the designation of 

persons to receive such fellowships, the appointment of Environmental 

Protection Research fellows, and the appointment of Special Research 

Consultants for environmental protection in the EPA. The EPA's statutory 

authority for these actions is established in Title II of the Interior, 

Environmental and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2006 (Pub. L. 

109-54). Under an administrative provision of Public Law 109-54 the 

Administrator may, after consultation with the Office of Personnel 

Management, make up to five (5) appointments in any fiscal year from 

2006 to 2011 for the Office of Research and Development under the 

authority provided in 42 U.S.C. 209. Appointees under this statutory 

authority shall be employees of the EPA.