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[CITE: 42USC9656]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
  CHAPTER 103--COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND 
                                LIABILITY
 
                SUBCHAPTER III--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 9656. Transportation of hazardous substances; listing as 
        hazardous material; liability for release
        
    (a) Each hazardous substance which is listed or designated as 
provided in section 9601(14) of this title shall, within 30 days after 
October 17, 1986, or at the time of such listing or designation, 
whichever is later, be listed and regulated as a hazardous material 
under chapter 51 of title 49.
    (b) A common or contract carrier shall be liable under other law in 
lieu of section 9607 of this title for damages or remedial action 
resulting from the release of a hazardous substance during the course of 
transportation which commenced prior to the effective date of the 
listing and regulation of such substance as a hazardous material under 
chapter 51 of title 49, or for substances listed pursuant to subsection 
(a) of this section, prior to the effective date of such listing: 
Provided, however, That this subsection shall not apply where such a 
carrier can demonstrate that he did not have actual knowledge of the 
identity or nature of the substance released.

(Pub. L. 96-510, title III, Sec. 306(a), (b), Dec. 11, 1980, 94 Stat. 
2810; Pub. L. 99-499, title II, Sec. 202, Oct. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 
1695.)

                          Codification

    In subsecs. (a) and (b), ``chapter 51 of title 49'' substituted for 
``the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act [49 App. U.S.C. 1801 et 
seq.]'' on authority of Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 6(b), July 5, 1994, 108 
Stat. 1378, the first section of which enacted subtitles II, III, and V 
to X of Title 49, Transportation.


                               Amendments

    1986--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99-499, Sec. 202(a), substituted ``within 
30 days after October 17, 1986'' for ``within ninety days after December 
11, 1980'' and inserted ``and regulated'' before ``as a hazardous 
material''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99-499, Sec. 202(b), inserted ``and 
regulation'' after ``prior to the effective date of the listing''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 49 section 31301.
