40 CFR § 26.1507 - Actions alternative or additional to disqualification.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s26.1507"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 26.1507 - Actions alternative or additional to disqualification."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "26.1507"
section_name: "Actions alternative or additional to disqualification."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "26"
part_name: "PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 7 U.S.C. 136a(a) and 136w(a)(1); 21 U.S.C. 346a(e)(1)(C); sec. 201, Pub. L. 109-54, 119 Stat. 531; and 42 U.S.C. 300v-1(b)."
regulatory_source: "56 FR 28012, 28022, June 18, 1991, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "26"
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# 26.1507 Actions alternative or additional to disqualification.
Disqualification of an IRB or of an institution is independent of, and neither in lieu of nor a precondition to, other statutorily authorized proceedings or actions. EPA may, at any time, on its own initiative or through the Department of Justice, institute any appropriate judicial proceedings (civil or criminal) and any other appropriate regulatory action, in addition to or in lieu of, and before, at the time of, or after, disqualification. EPA may also refer pertinent matters to another Federal, State, or local government agency for any action that that agency determines to be appropriate.
[71 FR 6168, Feb. 6, 2006, as amended at 78 FR 10544, Feb. 14, 2013]