ALLcrimesfood&drugstaxestelecomcommercehealthconservationtransportationagricultureveteransbrowse all titles »
0

33 U.S.C. § 426e–2 — Clarification of munition disposal authorities

submitted 12 years ago by Pub. L. 113-121 to r/title-33-NAVIGATION-AND-NAVIGABLE-WATERS · 120 words · no verdicts yet

in plain englishAI-generated · not legal advice

The Secretary may fully fund a cleanup at a beach if military munitions were uncovered there after the Secretary placed sand on it. The munitions must have originally come from Department of Defense activity and now threaten health or the environment. The Defense Department pays for that cleanup.

(a) In general. The Secretary may pay, at full federal expense, for any response action found necessary at a site where: (1) the Secretary previously carried out a project — under the Secretary's civil-works authority — that placed sand on a beach; and (2) that project caused military munitions, originally released by Department of Defense activity, to end up deposited on the beach and posing a threat to human health or the environment. (b) Response action funding. The cost of that response action is reimbursed from money available to whichever Defense Department agency was responsible for originally releasing the munitions.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain
(a) In general

The Secretary may, at full Federal expense, implement any response action the Secretary determines to be necessary at a site where—

(1)

the Secretary has carried out a project under civil works authority of the Secretary that includes placing sand on a beach; and

(2)

as a result of the project described in paragraph (1), military munitions that were originally released as a result of Department of Defense activities are deposited on the beach, posing a threat to human health or the environment.

(b) Response action funding

A response action described in subsection (a) shall be reimbursed from amounts made available to the agency within the Department of Defense responsible for the original release of the munitions.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 113–121, title I, § 1027, June 10, 2014, 128 Stat. 1230; Pub. L. 114–322, title I, § 1154, Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1663.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 2014Enacted · Pub. L. 113-121 · 128 Stat. 1230
  • 2016Amended · Pub. L. 114-322 · 130 Stat. 1663

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 113-121 on 2014-06-10.

all 0 arguments · sorted by: best

0/280

no arguments yet — make the first case