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[CITE: 33USC2709]

 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
                        CHAPTER 40--OIL POLLUTION
 
         SUBCHAPTER I--OIL POLLUTION LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION
 
Sec. 2709. Contribution

    A person may bring a civil action for contribution against any other 
person who is liable or potentially liable under this Act or another 
law. The action shall be brought in accordance with section 2717 of this 
title.

(Pub. L. 101-380, title I, Sec. 1009, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 497.)

                       References in Text

    This Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 101-380, Aug. 18, 1990, 
104 Stat. 484, as amended, known as the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, which 
is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification 
of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2701 
of this title and Tables.
