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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1361. Administration
(a) Authority of Administrator to prescribe regulations
The Administrator is authorized to prescribe such regulations as
are necessary to carry out his functions under this chapter.
(b) Utilization of other agency officers and employees
The Administrator, with the consent of the head of any other
agency of the United States, may utilize such officers and
employees of such agency as may be found necessary to assist in
carrying out the purposes of this chapter.
(c) Recordkeeping
Each recipient of financial assistance under this chapter shall
keep such records as the Administrator shall prescribe, including
records which fully disclose the amount and disposition by such
recipient of the proceeds of such assistance, the total cost of the
project or undertaking in connection with which such assistance is
given or used, and the amount of that portion of the cost of the
project or undertaking supplied by other sources, and such other
records as will facilitate effective audit.
(d) Audit
The Administrator and the Comptroller General of the United
States, or any of their duly authorized representatives, shall have
access, for the purpose of audit and examination, to any books,
documents, papers, and records of the recipients that are pertinent
to the grants received under this chapter. For the purpose of
carrying out audits and examinations with respect to recipients of
Federal assistance under this chapter, the Administrator is
authorized to enter into noncompetitive procurement contracts with
independent State audit organizations, consistent with chapter 75
of title 31. Such contracts may only be entered into to the extent
and in such amounts as may be provided in advance in appropriation
Acts.
(e) Awards for outstanding technological achievement or innovative
processes, methods, or devices in waste treatment and pollution
abatement programs
(1) It is the purpose of this subsection to authorize a program
which will provide official recognition by the United States
Government to those industrial organizations and political
subdivisions of States which during the preceding year demonstrated
an outstanding technological achievement or an innovative process,
method, or device in their waste treatment and pollution abatement
programs. The Administrator shall, in consultation with the
appropriate State water pollution control agencies, establish
regulations under which such recognition may be applied for and
granted, except that no applicant shall be eligible for an award
under this subsection if such applicant is not in total compliance
with all applicable water quality requirements under this chapter,
or otherwise does not have a satisfactory record with respect to
environmental quality.
(2) The Administrator shall award a certificate or plaque of
suitable design to each industrial organization or political
subdivision which qualifies for such recognition under regulations
established under this subsection.
(3) The President of the United States, the Governor of the
appropriate State, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and
the President pro tempore of the Senate shall be notified of the
award by the Administrator and the awarding of such recognition
shall be published in the Federal Register.
(f) Detail of Environmental Protection Agency personnel to State
water pollution control agencies
Upon the request of a State water pollution control agency,
personnel of the Environmental Protection Agency may be detailed to
such agency for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this
chapter.
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