Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 103 — Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability
§ 9623. Reimbursement to local governments
Statutory text
Application
Any general purpose unit of local government for a political subdivision which is affected by a release or threatened release at any facility may apply to the President for reimbursement under this section.
Reimbursement
Temporary emergency measures
The President is authorized to reimburse local community authorities for expenses incurred (before or after ) in carrying out temporary emergency measures necessary to prevent or mitigate injury to human health or the environment associated with the release or threatened release of any hazardous substance or pollutant or contaminant. Such measures may include, where appropriate, security fencing to limit access, response to fires and explosions, and other measures which require immediate response at the local level.
Local funds not supplanted
Reimbursement under this section shall not supplant local funds normally provided for response.
Amount
The amount of any reimbursement to any local authority under subsection (b)(1) may not exceed $25,000 for a single response. The reimbursement under this section with respect to a single facility shall be limited to the units of local government having jurisdiction over the political subdivision in which the facility is located.
Procedure
Reimbursements authorized pursuant to this section shall be in accordance with rules promulgated by the Administrator within one year after .
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.
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
Pub. L. 96–510 title I § 123 · 94 Stat. 2767
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 9623
(Pub. L. 96–510, title I, § 123, as added Pub. L. 99–499, title I, § 123(a), Oct. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 1688.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 96–510, title I, § 123, as added Pub. L. 99–499, title I, § 123(a), Oct. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 1688.)
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Credits
(Pub. L. 96–510, title I, § 123, as added Pub. L. 99–499, title I, § 123(a), , 100 Stat. 1688.)