[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 27]
[Revised as of July 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR303.20]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 303_CITIZEN AWARDS FOR INFORMATION ON CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS UNDER 
SUPERFUND--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart B_Eligibility To File a Claim for Award and Determination of 
                     Eligibility and Amount of Award
 
Sec.  303.20  Eligibility to file a claim for award.


    (a) Any individual, except law enforcement officers and persons 
convicted in the case giving rise to the award claim and any persons 
identified in Sec.  303.20(b) shall be eligible to file a claim for an 
award as provided for in Sec.  303.33 of this subpart.
    (b) No person who was an employee of or contractor for the United 
States Environmental Protection Agency at the time he or she came into 
possession of the information disclosed to other Agency officials (or is 
so employed at the time of disclosure), which information constitutes in 
whole or part the basis for an award claim, shall be eligible to file a 
claim for an award.
    (c) To be eligible for an award, the informant must disclose the 
identity of person(s) [or other pertinent information that leads to the 
expeditious disclosure of the identity of said person(s)] criminally 
culpable for the violations set forth in Sec.  303.12 of subpart A. 
Disclosure of such pertinent information must be made to an employee, 
agent or representative of the United States Environmental Protection 
Agency.