---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 1518.4"
title: "40"
number: "1518.4"
heading: "Charters."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/1518.4"
---

# §1518.4. Charters.

- (a) The Director must not authorize expenditures from the Management Fund for an environmental project or a study contract until the Director has approved a charter for the environmental project or study contract.
- (b) The Project Officer must prepare a charter for each environmental project or a study contract and obtain the Director's approval of the charter.
- (c) **The charter must—**
  - (1) Describe the environmental project or study contract;
  - (2) Clearly explain how the environmental project or study contract is consistent with the goals, purposes, and statutory authority of the Office of Environmental Quality;
  - (3) Identify the Federal agency or agencies (and any State, Tribal, or local agencies) participating in the environmental project or study contract; and
  - (4) Provide the names, titles, and contact information of the Project Officer and an administrative point of contact.
- (d) The Project Officer may amend a charter in writing with the Director's approval of the amended charter.
- (e) The Office of Environmental Quality must provide the Office of Administration in the Executive Office of the President with a copy of each charter and amendment that the Director approves.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4375.

### Source

Source: 67 FR 62189, Oct. 4, 2002, as amended at 90 FR 3705, Jan. 15, 2025, unless otherwise noted.