40 CFR § 303.11 - Definitions.

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title: "40 CFR § 303.11 - Definitions."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "303.11"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
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subchapter_name: "SUPERFUND, EMERGENCY PLANNING, AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW PROGRAMS"
part_number: "303"
part_name: "CITIZEN AWARDS FOR INFORMATION ON CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS UNDER SUPERFUND"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 9609(d), Executive Order No. 12580."
regulatory_source: "54 FR 26143, June 21, 1989, unless otherwise noted."
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# 303.11 Definitions.

(a) Arrest. Restraint of an arrestee's liberty or the equivalent through the service of judicial process compelling such a person to respond to a criminal accusation.

(b) Conviction. A judgment of guilt entered in U.S. District Court, upon a verdict rendered by the court or petit jury or by a plea of guilty, including a plea of *nolo contendere.*

(c) Individual. A natural person, not a corporation or other legal entity nor an association of persons.