---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 300.520"
title: "40"
number: "300.520"
heading: "State involvement in EPA-lead enforcement negotiations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/300.520"
---

# §300.520. State involvement in EPA-lead enforcement negotiations.

- (a) EPA shall notify states of response action negotiations to be conducted by EPA with potentially responsible parties during each fiscal year.
- (b) The state must notify EPA of such negotiations in which it intends to participate.
- (c) The state is not foreclosed from signing a consent decree if it does not participate substantially in the negotiations.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 55 FR 8853, Mar. 8, 1990, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 9601-9657; E.O. 13626, 77 FR 56749, 3 CFR, 2013 Comp., p. 306; E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757, 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 351; E.O. 12580, 52 FR 2923, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 193.