---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 791.50"
title: "40"
number: "791.50"
heading: "Costs."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/791.50"
---

# §791.50. Costs.

- (a) All costs reasonable and necessary to comply with the test rule, taking into account the practices of other laboratories in conducting similar tests, are eligible for reimbursement. Necessary costs include:
  - (1) **Direct and indirect costs of planning, conducting, analyzing and submitting the test results to EPA.**
  - (2) A reasonable profit, and a reasonable rate of interest and depreciation on the tester's initial capital investment.
  - (3) The cost of repeating or repairing tests where failure was demonstrably due to some cause other than negligence of the tester.
- (b) Costs attributable to tests beyond those specified by EPA shall not be eligible for reimbursement under this rule.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2603 and 2607.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 31791, July 11, 1983, unless otherwise noted.