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[CITE: 42USC8303]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
             CHAPTER 92--POWERPLANT AND INDUSTRIAL FUEL USE
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 8303. Territorial application

    The provisions of this chapter shall only apply within the 
contiguous 48 States and the District of Columbia.

(Pub. L. 95-620, title I, Sec. 104, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3298; Pub. L. 
100-42, Sec. 1(c)(3), May 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 311.)


                               Amendments

    1987--Pub. L. 100-42 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, 
section read as follows: ``The provisions of this chapter shall apply in 
all the States, Puerto Rico, and the territories and possessions of the 
United States, except that--
        ``(1) the provisions of subchapters II and III of this chapter 
    (other than section 8341 of this title) shall only apply to 
    powerplants and installations situated within the contiguous 48 
    States, Alaska, and the District of Columbia; and
        ``(2) the provisions of section 8341 of this title shall only 
    apply to powerplants situated within the contiguous 48 States and 
    the District of Columbia.''
