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title: "40 CFR §311.2"

source: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/section-311.2"

title_number: "40"

volume_number: "30"

chapter_number: "Unknown"

subchapter_code: "J"

subchapter_subject: "SUPERFUND, EMERGENCY PLANNING, AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW PROGRAMS"

part_code: "311"

part_subject: "WORKER PROTECTION"

subpart_code: "A"

subpart_subject: "Introduction"

section_number: "311.2"

section_subject: "Definition of employee."

cfr_reference: "40 CFR 311.2"

title_name: "Title 40"

title_subject: "Protection of Environment"

parts_covered: "Parts 300 to 399"

revised_date: "Revised as of July 1, 2019"

publication_date: "As of July 1, 2019"

contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"

publication_info: "Published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"

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Employee in § 311.1 is defined as a compensated or non-compensated worker who is controlled directly by a State or local government, as contrasted to an independent contractor.

§311.2 - Definition of employee.