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[CITE: 42USC9652]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
  CHAPTER 103--COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND 
                                LIABILITY
 
                SUBCHAPTER III--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 9652. Effective dates; savings provisions

    (a) Unless otherwise provided, all provisions of this chapter shall 
be effective on December 11, 1980.
    (b) Any regulation issued pursuant to any provisions of section 1321 
of title 33 which is repealed or superseded by this chapter and which is 
in effect on the date immediately preceding the effective date of this 
chapter shall be deemed to be a regulation issued pursuant to the 
authority of this chapter and shall remain in full force and effect 
unless or until superseded by new regulations issued thereunder.
    (c) Any regulation--
        (1) respecting financial responsibility,
        (2) issued pursuant to any provision of law repealed or 
    superseded by this chapter, and
        (3) in effect on the date immediately preceding the effective 
    date of this chapter shall be deemed to be a regulation issued 
    pursuant to the authority of this chapter and shall remain in full 
    force and effect unless or until superseded by new regulations 
    issued thereunder.

    (d) Nothing in this chapter shall affect or modify in any way the 
obligations or liabilities of any person under other Federal or State 
law, including common law, with respect to releases of hazardous 
substances or other pollutants or contaminants. The provisions of this 
chapter shall not be considered, interpreted, or construed in any way as 
reflecting a determination, in part or whole, of policy regarding the 
inapplicability of strict liability, or strict liability doctrines, to 
activities relating to hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants 
or other such activities.

(Pub. L. 96-510, title III, Sec. 302, Dec. 11, 1980, 94 Stat. 2808.)
