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[CITE: 42USC6991g]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 82--SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
 
         SUBCHAPTER IX--REGULATION OF UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS
 
Sec. 6991g. State authority

    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.

(Pub. L. 89-272, title II, Sec. 9008, as added Pub. L. 98-616, title VI, 
Sec. 601(a), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3286; amended Pub. L. 99-499, title 
II, Sec. 205(g), Oct. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 1702.)


                               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.''
