This Assistance Agreement Terms and Conditions pertain to public access to journal publications, associated author manuscripts, and the associated underlying digital research data and metadata resulting from research funded wholly or in part by an EPA assistance agreement. If the recipient’s assistance agreement supports scientific research as defined in EPA’s Policy for Increasing Access to Results of EPA-Funded Extramural Scientific Research, the recipient agrees to comply with the applicable provisions of the policy described in these terms and conditions. EPA’s Policy for Increasing Access to Results of EPA-Funded Extramural Scientific Research may be accessed at: https://19january2021snapshot.epa.gov/research/non-epa-researcher-requirements.

• Public Access Assistance Agreement Terms and Conditions (PDF)(5 pp, 126 K, 10/08/2019)
  Assistance agreement terms and conditions pertaining to public access.