Supplemental Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Environmental Protection Agency

The Environmental Protection Agency, with the concurrence of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE), is issuing regulations for the employees of EPA that supplement the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch (Standards) issued by OGE. This final rule is a necessary supplement to the executive branch-wide Standards because it addresses ethical issues unique to EPA. This rule prohibits certain financial interests, including compensated outside employment with certain persons, and requires prior approval to engage in certain categories of outside employment. The Agency is also revoking superseded portions of its existing standards of conduct regulation, 40 CFR part 3, and, in their stead, inserting cross-references to the executive branch-wide Standards and this supplemental regulation, as well as to executive branch financial disclosure regulations.