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[CITE: 33USC2710]

 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
                        CHAPTER 40--OIL POLLUTION
 
         SUBCHAPTER I--OIL POLLUTION LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION
 
Sec. 2710. Indemnification agreements


(a) Agreements not prohibited

    Nothing in this Act prohibits any agreement to insure, hold 
harmless, or indemnify a party to such agreement for any liability under 
this Act.

(b) Liability not transferred

    No indemnification, hold harmless, or similar agreement or 
conveyance shall be effective to transfer liability imposed under this 
Act from a responsible party or from any person who may be liable for an 
incident under this Act to any other person.

(c) Relationship to other causes of action

    Nothing in this Act, including the provisions of subsection (b) of 
this section, bars a cause of action that a responsible party subject to 
liability under this Act, or a guarantor, has or would have, by reason 
of subrogation or otherwise, against any person.

(Pub. L. 101-380, title I, Sec. 1010, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 498.)

                       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.
