Reading Room Document
Authority of the Environmental Protection Agency to Indemnify Its Employees
The Environmental Protection Agency may use funds appropriated to the agency for "Salaries and Expenses" to indemnify its employees for personal liability arising from actions taken within the scope of their official duties. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/24156/download.
The OLC's Opinions
Opinions published by the OLC, including those released in response to our FOIA lawsuit