Texas, Dallas 75202: Room 14-A-18, New Dallas Federal Building, 1100 Commerce Street, Tel. (214) 749-2158. Texas, San Antonio 78285: Kallison Building, 410 South Main Avenue, Post Office Box 9163, FTS Tel. (512) 225-4665, Commercial Number: 225-5511. Region VII Regional Administrator Harry I. Sharrott Kansas, Kansas City 66117: One Gateway 90-125 0-82--8 § 5.3 Schedule of fees. Tuition fees for direct training will be established within the range of $15 to $70 per training day depending upon whether the course is predominantly a laboratory, lecture, or survey course, or a course with other similar variables. Each cognitive program and regional office will announce the tuition fee at the time the date for offering the course is announced. As a transition easement, tuition fees for all State and local government employees are established at a maximum of $25 per training day regardless of type of course until July 1, 1974. After that date they are to pay the full fée. Charges for field courses taught by EPA instructors are for actual expenses on a per course basis. Complete tuition fee schedules may be obtained from the registration offices listed in § 5.4. Tuition fees will be subject to change either upward or downward, based on actual experience under the system. § 5.4 Registration offices. Direct training programs are offered by both EPA national program offices EPA, Regional Manpower Office, Region II, 26 Federal Plaza, Room 845D, New York, New York 10007. EPA, Regional Manpower Office, Region III, Sixth and Walnut Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106 EPA, Regional Manpower Office, Region IV, 1421 Peachtree Street, NE., 4th floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30309. EPA, Regional Manpower Office, Region V, 1 North Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606. EPA, Regional Manpower Office, Region VI, 1600 Patterson, Suite 1100, Dallas, Texas 75201. EPA, Regional Manpower Office, Region VII, Room 249, 1735 Baltimore Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64108. EPA, Regional Manpower Office, Region VIII, Suite 900, 1860 Lincoln Street, Denver, Colorado 80203. EPA, Regional Manpower Office, Region IX, 100 California Street, San Francisco, California 94111. EPA, Regional Manpower Office, Region X, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98101. § 5.5 Procedure for payment. Applications for direct training courses shall be completed and submitted in accordance with the instructions issued by the respective national program and/or regional offices. Fee payment in the amount indicated by the course announcement shall accompany completed applications (except in the case of waiver requests as described in § 5.75). All applications for field courses will be submitted in a timely manner by the sponsoring agency. Expenses will be noted and charges assessed the sponsoring agency after the course is conducted. The charge will be payable upon submission. All applicants shall make payment by check, payable to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, except applicants from Federal, State, and local agencies may send a purchase order of other acceptable financial commitment. Such financial commitment statements shall include information as to the agency and account number to be charged and other necessary information for billing purposes. § 5.6 Refunds. An applicant may withdraw his application and receive full reimbursement of his fee provided that he notifies the appropriate registration office in writing no later than 10 days before commencement of the course for which he has registered. § 5.7 Waiver of fee. Waivers of the full tuition fee may be granted on a limited basis. Each waiver request must be justified and considered by cognitive EPA units on: (a) Severity of the pollution problem in the area in which the applicant employee is working; (b) bona-fide administrative or legal constraints of the applicant agency to pay the reduced fee; (c) service, resulting from the training that will be provided as a benefit to the Federal Government. No waivers will be granted for field courses. Waivers are provided as a transitional easement for exceptional cases and will not be granted after July 1, 1975. § 5.8 Appeal of waiver denial. Waiver denials may be appealed to the Office of Education and Manpower Planning, Washington, D.C. 20460, to adjudicate and expedite agency review. Appeal submissions should include copies of original application and justification for waiver, EPA registration office denial correspondence, and other pertinent information supporting the request for waiver. § 6.100 Purpose and policy. (a) The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., as implemented by Executive Orders 11514 and 11991 and the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Regulations of November 29, 1978 (43 FR 55978) requires that Federal agencies include in their decisionmaking processes appropriate and careful consideration of all environmental effects of proposed actions, analyze potential environmental effects of proposed actions and their alternatives for public understanding and scrutiny, avoid or minimize adverse effects of proposed actions, and restore and enhance environmental quality as much as possible. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shall integrate these NEPA factors as early in the Agency planning processes as possible. The environmental review process shall be the focal point to assure NEPA considerations are taken into account. To the extent applicable, EPA shall prepare environmental impact statements (EISS) on those major actions determined to have significant impact on the quality of the (a) Terminology. All terminology used in this part will be consistent with the terms as defined in 40 CFR Part 1508 (the CEQ Regulations). Any qualifications will be provided in the definitions set forth in each subpart of this regulation. (b) The term "CEQ Regulations" means the regulations issued by the Council on Environmental Quality on November 29, 1978 (see 43 FR 55978), which implement Executive Order 11991. The CEQ Regulations will often be referred to throughout this regulation by reference to 40 CFR Part 1500 et al. (c) The term "environmental review" means the process whereby an evaluation is undertaken by EPA to determine whether a proposed Agency action may have a significant impact on the environment and therefore require the preparation of the EIS. (d) The term "environmental information document" means any written analysis prepared by an applicant, grantee or contractor describing the environmental impacts of a proposed action. This document will be of sufficient scope to enable the responsible official to prepare an environmental assessment as described in the remaining subparts of this regulation. (e) The term "grant" as used in this part means an award of funds or other assistance by a written grant agreement or cooperative agreement under 40 CFR Chapter I, Subpart B. § 6.102 Applicability. (a) Administrative actions covered. This part applies to the activities of EPA in accordance with the outline of the subparts set forth below. Each subpart describes the detailed environmental review procedures required for each action. (1) Subpart A sets forth an overview of the regulation. Section 6.102(b) describes the requirements for EPA legislative proposals. (2) Subpart B describes the requirements for the content of an EIS prepared pursuant to Subparts E, F, G, H, and I. (3) Subpart C describes the requirements for coordination of all environmental laws during the environmental review undertaken pursuant to Subparts E, F, G, H, and I. (4) Subpart D describes the public information requirements which must be undertaken in conjunction with the environmental review requirements under Subparts E, F, G, H, and I. (5) Subpart E describes the environmental review requirements for the wastewater treatment construction grants program under Title II of the Clean Water Act. (6) Subpart F describes the environmental review requirements for new source National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits under section 402 of the Clean Water Act. (7) Subpart G describes the environmental review requirements for research and development programs undertaken by the Agency. (8) Subpart H describes the environmental review requirements for solid waste demonstration projects undertaken by the Agency. (9) Subpart I describes the environmental review requirements for construction of special purpose facilities and facility renovations by the Agency. (c) Application to ongoing activities-(1) General. The effective date for these regulations is December 5, 1979. These regulations do not apply to an EIS or supplement to that EIS if the draft EIS was filed with the Office of Federal Activities, (OFA) before July 30, 1979. No completed environmental documents need be redone by reason of these regulations. (2) With regard to activities under Subpart E, these regulations shall apply to all EPA environmental review procedures effective December 15, 1979. However, for facility plans begun before December 15, 1979, the responsible official shall impose no new requirements on the grantee. Such grantees shall comply with requirements applicable before the effective date of this regulation. Notwithstanding the above, this regulation shall apply to any facility plan submitted to EPA after September 30, 1980. [44 FR 64177, Nov. 6, 1979, as amended at 47 FR 9829, Mar. 8, 1982] § 6.103 Responsibilities. (a) General responsibilities. (1) The responsible official's duties include: (i) Requiring applicants, contractors, and grantees to submit environmental information documents and related documents and assuring that environmental reviews are conducted on proposed EPA projects at the earliest possible point in EPA's decision-making process. In this regard, the responsible official shall assure the early involvement and availability of information for private applicants and other nonFederal entities requiring EPA approvals. (ii) When required, assuring that adequate draft EISS are prepared and distributed at the earliest possible point in EPA's decision-making process, their internal and external review is coordinated, and final EISS are prepared and distributed. (iii) When an EIS is not prepared, assuring documentation of the decision to grant a categorical exclusion, or assuring that findings of no significant impact (FNSIS) and environmental assessments are prepared and distributed for those actions requiring them. |