---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 303.10"
title: "40"
number: "303.10"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/303.10"
---

# §303.10. Purpose.


This regulation implements the “citizen award” authority granted by Congress to the President in the 1986 Amendments to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), [section 109(d)](/cfr/40/109.md?p=d). As authorized in the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) [section 109(c)](/cfr/40/109.md?p=c) and Executive Order No. 12580 (issued by the President on January 23, 1987), the Environmental Protection Agency is empowered to pay up to $10,000.00 from the Superfund to any individual who provides information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person for a violation subject to a criminal penalty under CERCLA as amended.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 9609(d), Executive Order No. 12580.

### Source

Source: 54 FR 26143, June 21, 1989, unless otherwise noted.