42 USC 6917 – Office of Ombudsman
(a) Establishment; functions
The Administrator shall establish an Office of Ombudsman, to be directed by an Ombudsman. It shall be the function of the Office of Ombudsman to receive individual complaints, grievances, requests for information submitted by any person with respect to any program or requirement under this chapter.
(b) Authority to render assistance
Terms Used In 42 USC 6917
- Administrator: means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. See 42 USC 6903
- individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See 1 USC 8
- person: means an individual, trust, firm, joint stock company, corporation (including a government corporation), partnership, association, State, municipality, commission, political subdivision of a State, or any interstate body and shall include each department, agency, and instrumentality of the United States. See 42 USC 6903
The Ombudsman shall render assistance with respect to the complaints, grievances, and requests submitted to the Office of Ombudsman, and shall make appropriate recommendations to the Administrator.
(c) Effect on procedures for grievances, appeals, or administrative matters
The establishment of the Office of Ombudsman shall not affect any procedures for grievances, appeals, or administrative matters in any other provision of this chapter, any other provision of law, or any Federal regulation.
(d) Termination
The Office of the Ombudsman shall cease to exist 4 years after November 8, 1984.