40 CFR § 303.32 - Pre-payment offers.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s303.32"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 303.32 - Pre-payment offers."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "303.32"
section_name: "Pre-payment offers."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "J"
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"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 9609(d), Executive Order No. 12580."
regulatory_source: "54 FR 26143, June 21, 1989, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "303"
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# 303.32 Pre-payment offers.

Prior to the actual payment of an award, no employee of the United States Government, including any person purporting to act on behalf of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, is authorized by these regulations to make any promise, offer, or representation with respect to the Agency's grant of an award in exchange for information.