PUBLIC LAW 103-160—NOV. 30, 1993 107 STAT. 1801 SEC. 1334. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM. Fellowships (a) AuTHORTTY. — The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with scholarships. the Secretary of Energy and the Administrator of the Environmental lo use 270i Protection Agency, may establish a scholarship program in order ^°^- to enable eligible individuals described in subsection (d) to undertake the educational training or activities relating to environmental engineering, environmental sciences, or environmental project management in fields related to hazardous waste management and cleanup described in subsection (b) at the institutions of higher education described in subsection (c). (b) EDUCATIONAL TRAINING OR ACTIVITIES. —(1) The program established under subsection (a) shall be limited to educational training or activities related to— (A) site remediation; (B) site characterization; (C) h€izardous waste management; (D) hazardoiis waste reduction; (E) recycling; (F) process and materials engineering; (G) training for positions related to environmental engineering, environmental sciences, or environmental project management (including training for management positions); and (H) environmental engineering with respect to the construction of facilities to address the items described in subparagraphs (A) through (G). (2) The program established under subsection (a) shall be limited to educational training or activities designed to enable individuals to achieve specialization in the following fields: (A) Earth sciences. (B) Chemistry. (C) Chemical Engineering. (D) Environmental engineering. (E) Statistics. (F) Toxicology. (G) Industrial hygiene. (H) Health physics. (I) Environmental project management. (c) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— Scholarship funds awarded under this section shall be used by individuals awarded scholarships to enable such individuals to attend institutions of higher education associated with hazardous substance research centers to enable such individuals to undertake a program of educational training or activities described in subsection (b) that leads to an undergradiiate degree, a graduate degree, or a degree or certificate that is supplemental to an academic degree. (d) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.— Individuals eligible for scholarships under the program established under subsection (a) are the following: (1) Any member of the Armed Forces who^ (A) was on active duty or full-time National Guard duty on September 30, 1990; (B) during the 5-year period beginning on that date— (i) is involuntarily separated (as defined in section 1141 of title 10, United States Code) from active duty or full-time National Guard duty; or
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