Current as of: July 2009
For purposes of this part:
(a) Agency, as defined in 5 U.S.C. 552(f), includes Federal executive departments and agencies as well as independent regulatory commissions and Government corporations, as defined in 31 U.S.C. 9101(1).
(b) Covered Federal action means any of the following Federal actions:
(1) The awarding of any Federal contract;
(2) The making of any Federal grant;
(3) The making of any Federal loan;
(4) The entering into of any cooperative agreement; and,
(5) The extension, continuation, renewal, amendment, or modification of any Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement.Covered Federal action does not include receiving from an agency a commitment providing for the United States to insure or guarantee a loan. Loan guarantees and loan insurance are addressed independently within this part.
(c) Federal contract means an acquisition contract awarded by an agency, including those subject to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), and any other acquisition contract for real or personal property or services not subject to the FAR.
(d) Federal cooperative agreement means a cooperative agreement entered into by an agency.
(e) Federal grant means an award of financial assistance in the form of money, or property in lieu of money, by the Federal Government or a direct appropriation made by law to any person. The term does not include technical assistance which provides services instead of money, or other assistance in the form of revenue sharing, loans, loan guarantees, loan insurance, interest subsidies, insurance, or direct United States cash assistance to an individual.
(f) Federal loan means a loan made by an agency. The term does not include loan guarantee or loan insurance.
(g) Indian tribe and tribal organization have the meaning provided in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450B). Alaskan Natives are included under the definitions of Indian tribes in that Act.
(h) Influencing or attempting to influence means making, with the intent to influence, any communication to or appearance before an officer or employee or any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with any covered Federal action.
(i) Loan guarantee and loan insurance means an agency's guarantee or insurance of a loan made by a person.
(j) Local government means a unit of government in a State and, if chartered, established, or otherwise recognized by a State for the performance of a governmental duty, including a local public authority, a special district, an intrastate district, a council of governments, a sponsor group representative organization, and any other instrumentality of a local government.
(k) Officer or employee of an agency includes the following individuals who are employed by an agency:
(1) An individual who is appointed to a position in the Government under title 5, U.S. Code, including a position under a temporary appointment;
(2) A member of the uniformed services as defined in section 101(3), title 37, U.S. Code;
(3) A special Government employee as defined in section 202, title 18, U.S. Code; and,
(4) An individual who is a member of a Federal advisory committee, as defined by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, title 5, U.S. Code appendix 2.
(l) Person means an individual, corporation, company, association, authority, firm, partnership, society, State, and local government, regardless of whether such entity is operated for profit or not for profit. This term excludes an Indian tribe, tribal organization, or any other Indian organization with respect to expenditures specifically permitted by other Federal law.
(m) Reasonable compensation means, with respect to a regularly employed officer or employee of any person, compensation that is consistent with the normal compensation for such officer or employee for work that is not furnished to, not funded by, or not furnished in cooperation with the Federal Government.
(n) Reasonable payment means, with respect to professional and other technical services, a payment in an amount that is consistent with the amount normally paid for such services in the private sector.
(o) Recipient includes all contractors, subcontractors at any tier, and subgrantees at any tier of the recipient of funds received in connection with a Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement. The term excludes an Indian tribe, tribal organization, or any other Indian organization with respect to expenditures specifically permitted by other Federal law.
(p) Regularly employed means, with respect to an officer or employee of a person requesting or receiving a Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement or a commitment providing for the United States to insure or guarantee a loan, an officer or employee who is employed by such person for at least 130 working days within one year immediately preceding the date of the submission that initiates agency consideration of such person for receipt of such contract, grant, loan, cooperative agreement, loan insurance commitment, or loan guarantee commitment. An officer or employee who is employed by such person for less than 130 working days within one year immediately preceding the date of the submission that initiates agency consideration of such person shall be considered to be regularly employed as soon as he or she is employed by such person for 130 working days.
(q) State means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a territory or possession of the United States, an agency or instrumentality of a State, and a multi-State, regional, or interstate entity having governmental duties and powers.________________________________________________________________________
Questions & Answers: Environment
CFR Provisions: Environment
U.S. Code Provisions: EnvironmentState Laws: Environment| Alabama | Alabama Code > Title 9 - Conservation And Natural Resources | | Alaska | Alaska Statutes Title 41 - Public Resources | | Alaska Statutes Chapter 44.37 - Department Of Natural Resources | | Alaska Statutes Chapter 44.46 - Department Of Environmental Conservation | | Alaska Statutes Title 46 - Water, Air, Energy, And Environmental Conservation | | Arizona | Arizona Laws > Title 27 | | Arizona Laws > Title 49 | | California | California Business and Professions Code > Division 1 > Chapter 6 - Public Members | | California Health and Safety Code > Division 20 > Chapter 6.83 - Land Use And Revitalization | | California Health and Safety Code > Division 20 > Chapter 6.98 - Environmental Quality Assessment | | California Health and Safety Code > Division 37 - Regulation Of Environmental Protection | | California Public Resources Code | | Connecticut | Connecticut General Statutes > Title 16 > Chapter 277a - Public Utility Environmental Standards Act | | Connecticut General Statutes > Title 22a - Environmental Protection | | Connecticut General Statutes > Title 24 - State Geological and Natural History Survey. Weather Control Board | | Delaware | Delaware Code Title 7 > Chapter 60 - Environmental Control | | Delaware Code Title 7 > Chapter 79 - Environmental Permit Application Background Statement | | Delaware Code Title 29 > Chapter 80 - Department Of Natural Resources And Environmental Control | | Florida | Florida Statutes > Title XXVIII - Natural Resources; Conservation, Reclamation, And Use | | Florida Statutes > Chapter 403 - Environmental Control | | Florida Regulations - Department of Environmental Protection | | Florida Regulations - Department of Natural Resources | | Hawaii | Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 128D - Environmental Response Law | | Hawaii Revised Statutes Title 12 - Conservation And Resources | | Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 341 - Environmental Quality Control | | Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 343 - Environmental Impact Statements | | Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 344 - State Environmental Policy | | Idaho | Idaho Code Title 39 > Chapter 72 - Idaho Land Remediation Act | | Idaho Code Title 39 > Chapter 81 - Basin Environmental Improvement Act | | Idaho Code Title 67 > Chapter 58 - Protection Of Natural Resources | | Illinois | Illinois Compiled Statutes > Chapter 20 > Department of Natural Resources | | Illinois Compiled Statutes > Chapter 20 > Department of Natural Resources | | Illinois Compiled Statutes > Chapter 225 > Natural Resources | | Illinois Compiled Statutes > Chapter 415 - Environmental Safety | | Illinois Compiled Statutes > 430 ILCS 45 - Illinois Chemical Safety Act | | Indiana | Indiana Code > Title 13 - Environment | | Indiana Code > Title 14 - Natural And Cultural Resources | | Iowa | Iowa Code Title XI - Natural Resources | | Kansas | Kansas Statutes > Chapter 2 > Article 37 - Environmental Remediation | | Kansas Statutes > Chapter 32 - Wildlife, Parks And Recreation | | Kansas Statutes > Chapter 46 > Article 37 - Joint Committee On Energy And Environmental Policy | | Kansas Statutes > Chapter 75 > Article 39 - Department Of Wildlife And Parks | | Louisiana | Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 30 - Minerals, oil, and gas and environmental quality | | Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 33 > Chapter 20 - Environmental Protection Districts | | Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 36 > Chapter 5-A - Department Of Environmental Quality | | Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 36 > Chapter 8 - Department Of Natural Resources | | Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 40 > Chapter 16 - Interstate Compact On Environmental Control | | Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 40 > Chapter 17 - Governor's Council On Environmental Quality | | Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 56 - Wildlife and fisheries | | Maine | Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 - Waters And Navigation | | Maryland | Maryland Code > Environment | | Maryland Code > Natural Resources | | Massachusetts | Massachusetts General Laws > Part I > Title II > Chapter 21 - Department Of Environmental Management | | Massachusetts General Laws > Part I > Title II > Chapter 21A - Executive Office Of Environmental Affairs | | Michigan | Michigan Laws > Chapter 299 - Natural Resources | | Michigan Laws > Chapter 319 - Oil, Gas, and Minerals | | Michigan Laws > Chapter 324 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection | | Minnesota | Minnesota Statutes - Natural Resources | | Minnesota Statutes - Environmental Protection | | Minnesota Statutes - Environmental Protection Funds | | Missouri | Missouri Laws > Title XVI | | Missouri Laws > Title XL > Chapter 640 - Department of Natural Resources | | Montana | Montana Code Title 5 > Chapter 16 - Environmental Quality Council | | Montana Code Title 75 - Environmental Protection | | Montana Code Title 75 - Environmental Protection | | Montana Code Title 76 - Land Resources And Use | | Montana Code Title 76 - Land Resources And Use | | Montana Code Title 82 - Minerals, Oil, And Gas | | Montana Code Title 82 - Minerals, Oil, And Gas | | Montana Code Title 87 - Fish And Wildlife | | Montana Code Title 87 - Fish And Wildlife | | Montana Code Title 90 > Chapter 2 - Resource Development And Reclamation | | Montana Code Title 90 > Chapter 2 - Resource Development And Reclamation | | Montana Code Title 90 > Chapter 15 - Natural Resource Information System | | Montana Code Title 90 > Chapter 15 - Natural Resource Information System | | Nebraska | Nebraska Statutes > Chapter 57 - Minerals, Oil, And Gas | | Nebraska Statutes > Chapter 61 - Natural Resources | | Nevada | Nevada Revised Statutes > Chapter 445C - Environmental Requirements | | Nevada Revised Statutes > Chapter 445D - Environmental Covenants (Uniform Act) | | New Hampshire | New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Chapter 12-F - Weather Modification Experimentation | | New Mexico | New Mexico Statutes Chapter 9 > Article 5A - Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department | | New Mexico Statutes Chapter 9 > Article 7A - Department of Environment | | New Mexico Statutes Chapter 71 - Energy and Minerals | | New Mexico Statutes Chapter 75 - Miscellaneous Natural Resource Matters | | New Mexico Statutes Chapter 76 > Article 8 - Protection of Native New Mexico Plants | | North Carolina | North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 14 > Article 22C - Cave Protection Act | | North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 113A - Pollution Control and Environment | | North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 143B > Article 7 - Department of Environment and Natural Resources | | North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 153B - Mountain Resources Planning Act | | North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 153C - Uwharrie Regional Resources Act | | North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 159C - Industrial and Pollution Control Facilities Financing Act | | North Dakota | North Dakota Code > Title 38 - Mining and Gas and Oil Production | | Ohio | Ohio Code > Title 15 | | Ohio Code > Title 37 > Chapter 3745 - Environmental Protection Agency | | Oregon | Oregon Statutes > Chapter 468 - Environmental Quality Generally | | Oregon Statutes > Volume 13 - Water Resources; Agriculture and Food | | Rhode Island | Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 10-20. State Environmental Rights | | Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 22-7.3. Permanent Joint Committee on Environment and Energy | | Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 42-17.1. Department of Environmental Management | | Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 42-17.6. Administrative Penalties for Environmental Violations | | Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 42-17.7. Administrative Adjudication for Environmental Matters | | Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 42-17.8. The Rhode Island Environmental Compliance Incentive Act | | Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 42-17.9. Preservation of State Open Space | | Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 42-17.10. Enforcement of Certain Natural Resource Violations | | Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 45-51. Environmental Advocacy Act | | South Carolina | South Carolina Code > Title 48 - Environmental Protection and Conservation | | South Carolina Code > Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft | | South Dakota | South Dakota Laws > Title 1 > Chapter 39 - Department of Game, Fish and Parks | | South Dakota Laws > Title 1 > Chapter 40 - Department of Environment and Natural Resources | | South Dakota Laws > Title 34A - Environmental Protection | | South Dakota Laws > Title 41 - Game, Fish, Parks And Forestry | | South Dakota Laws > Title 45 - Mining, Oil And Gas | | Tennessee | Tennessee Code > Title 4 > Chapter 3 > Part 5 - Department of Environment and Conservation | | Tennessee Code > Title 68 > Environmental Protecion | | Texas | Texas Agriculture Code > Title 9 - Weather And Climate | | Texas Natural Resources Code | | Texas Parks And Wildlife Code | | Utah | Utah Code > Title 19 - Environmental Quality Code | | Utah Code > Title 79 - Natural Resources | | Utah Code > Future Title 79 - Natural Resources | | Vermont | Vermont Statutes > Title 3 > Chapter 51 - Natural Resources | | Vermont Statutes > Title 10 > Chapter 83 - Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation | | Vermont Statutes > Title 10 > Chapter 201 - Administrative Environmental Law Enforcement | | Vermont Statutes > Title 10 > Chapter 220 - Consolidated Environmental Appeals | | Virginia | Virginia Code Title 10.1 > Chapter 11.1 - Department of Environmental Quality | | Virginia Code Title 10.1 > Chapter 11.2 - Voluntary Environmental Assessment | | Virginia Code Title 10.1 > Chapter 12.2 - Uniform Environmental Covenants Act | | Virginia Code Title 10.1 > Chapter 25 - Virginia Environmental Emergency Response Fund | | Virginia Code Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts | | West Virginia | West Virginia Code > Chapter 20 - Natural Resources | | West Virginia Code > Chapter 22 - Environmental Resources | | West Virginia Code > Chapter 22B - Environmental Boards | | West Virginia Code > Chapter 22C - Environmental Resources | | Wisconsin | Wisconsin Statutes > Chapter 20 > Subchapter IV - Environmental Resources | | Wisconsin Statutes > Natural Resources |
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