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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Chapter 82 — Solid Waste Disposal

§ 6991g. State authority

Statutory text

Nothing in this subchapter shall preclude or deny any right of any State or political subdivision thereof to adopt or enforce any regulation, requirement, or standard of performance respecting underground storage tanks that is more stringent than a regulation, requirement, or standard of performance in effect under this subchapter or to impose any additional liability with respect to the release of regulated substances within such State or political subdivision.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 89–272 title II § 9008 · 79 Stat. 992

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 6991g

    Pub. L. 89–272, title II, § 9008, as added Pub. L. 98–616, title VI, § 601(a), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3286

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 89–272, title II, § 9008, as added Pub. L. 98–616, title VI, § 601(a), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3286

  2. Pub. L. 99–499 title II § 205(g) · 100 Stat. 1702

    Amended · 42 U.S.C. § 6991g

    Pub. L. 99–499 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “Nothing in this subchapter shall preclude or deny any right of any State or political subdivision thereof to adopt or enforce any regulation, requirement or standard of performance respecting underground storage tanks that is more stringent than a regulation, requirement, or standard of performance in effect under this subchapter.”

    Unresolved: Pub. L. 99–499 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 99–499 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “Nothing in this subchapter shall preclude or deny any right of any State or political subdivision thereof to adopt or enforce any regulation, requirement or standard of performance respecting underground storage tanks that is more stringent than a regulation, requirement, or standard of performance in effect under this subchapter.”

0 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial · 1 unresolved

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1986—Pub. L. 99–499 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “Nothing in this subchapter shall preclude or deny any right of any State or political subdivision thereof to adopt or enforce any regulation, requirement or standard of performance respecting underground storage tanks that is more stringent than a regulation, requirement, or standard of performance in effect under this subchapter.”

Credits

1984–1986 · 2 acts
  1. 1984Pub. L. 89–272, title II, § 9008, as added Pub. L. 98–616, title VI, § 601(a), , 98 Stat. 3286
  2. 1986amended Pub. L. 99–499, title II, § 205(g), , 100 Stat. 1702.
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(Pub. L. 89–272, title II, § 9008, as added Pub. L. 98–616, title VI, § 601(a), , 98 Stat. 3286; amended Pub. L. 99–499, title II, § 205(g), , 100 Stat. 1702.)

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