Reading Room Document

EPA Acceptance and Use of Donations Under the Clean Air Act

Section 104(b)(4) of the Clean Air Act does not permit the EPA to accept and use donations of money. Section 104(b)(4) of the Clean Air Act permits the EPA to accept items of personal property (other than money), such as an automobile, so long as the property in question would be received for use directly in the anti-pollution research authorized by section 104. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/olc/file/2009-12-08-epa-donations/download.

December 8, 2009