42 U.S.C. § 9652 : US Code - Section 9652: Effective dates; savings provisions

Search 42 U.S.C. § 9652 : US Code - Section 9652: Effective dates; savings provisions

(a) Unless otherwise provided, all provisions of this chapter
shall be effective on December 11, 1980.
(b) Any regulation issued pursuant to any provisions of section
1321 of title 33 which is repealed or superseded by this chapter
and which is in effect on the date immediately preceding the
effective date of this chapter shall be deemed to be a regulation
issued pursuant to the authority of this chapter and shall remain
in full force and effect unless or until superseded by new
regulations issued thereunder.
(c) Any regulation -
(1) respecting financial responsibility,
(2) issued pursuant to any provision of law repealed or
superseded by this chapter, and
(3) in effect on the date immediately preceding the effective
date of this chapter shall be deemed to be a regulation issued
pursuant to the authority of this chapter and shall remain in
full force and effect unless or until superseded by new
regulations issued thereunder.
(d) Nothing in this chapter shall affect or modify in any way the
obligations or liabilities of any person under other Federal or
State law, including common law, with respect to releases of
hazardous substances or other pollutants or contaminants. The
provisions of this chapter shall not be considered, interpreted, or
construed in any way as reflecting a determination, in part or
whole, of policy regarding the inapplicability of strict liability,
or strict liability doctrines, to activities relating to hazardous
substances, pollutants, or contaminants or other such activities.