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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 9622', '§122', '§122', '§102', '§ 9622', '§9622', '§122', '§122', '§102']

42 U.S.C. § 9622 (2014) - Settlements :: Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare (Sections 1 - 18445) - US Code :: Justia
Justia US Law US Codes and Statutes US Code 2014 US Code Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare (Sections 1 - 18445) Chapter 103 - Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability (Sections 9601 - 9675) Subchapter I - Hazardous Substances Releases, Liability, Compensation (Sections 9601 - 9628) Sec. 9622 - Settlements
Sec. 9622 - Settlements
Contains section 9622
Source Credit Pub. L. 96-510, title I, §122, as added Pub. L. 99-499, title I, §122(a), Oct. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 1678; amended Pub. L. 107-118, title I, §102(b), Jan. 11, 2002, 115 Stat. 2359.
100 Stat. 1678
115 Stat. 2359
Public and Private Laws Public Law 96-510, Public Law 99-499, Public Law 107-118
42 U.S.C. § 9622 (2014)
§9622. Settlements(a) Authority to enter into agreements
(b) Agreements with potentially responsible parties(1) Mixed funding
The President's decisions regarding the availability of fund financing under this subsection shall not be subject to judicial review under subsection (d) of this section.
(c) Effect of agreement(1) Liability
Whenever the President has entered into an agreement under this section, the liability to the United States under this chapter of each party to the agreement, including any future liability to the United States, arising from the release or threatened release that is the subject of the agreement shall be limited as provided in the agreement pursuant to a covenant not to sue in accordance with subsection (f) of this section. A covenant not to sue may provide that future liability to the United States of a settling potentially responsible party under the agreement may be limited to the same proportion as that established in the original settlement agreement. Nothing in this section shall limit or otherwise affect the authority of any court to review in the consent decree process under subsection (d) of this section any covenant not to sue contained in an agreement under this section. In determining the extent to which the liability of parties to an agreement shall be limited pursuant to a covenant not to sue, the President shall be guided by the principle that a more complete covenant not to sue shall be provided for a more permanent remedy undertaken by such parties.
If an agreement has been entered into under this section, the President may take any action under section 9606 of this title against any person who is not a party to the agreement, once the period for submitting a proposal under subsection (e)(2)(B) of this section has expired. Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect either of the following:
(d) Enforcement(1) Cleanup agreements(A) Consent decree
Whenever the President enters into an agreement under this section with any potentially responsible party with respect to remedial action under section 9606 of this title, following approval of the agreement by the Attorney General, except as otherwise provided in the case of certain administrative settlements referred to in subsection (g) of this section, the agreement shall be entered in the appropriate United States district court as a consent decree. The President need not make any finding regarding an imminent and substantial endangerment to the public health or the environment in connection with any such agreement or consent decree.
(2) Public participation(A) Filing of proposed judgment
(e) Special notice procedures(1) Notice
(2) Negotiation(A) Moratorium
(3) Preliminary allocation of responsibility(A) In general
(f) Covenant not to sue(1) Discretionary covenants
In the case of any person to whom the President is authorized under paragraph (1) of this subsection to provide a covenant not to sue, for the portion of remedial action—
(A) Except for the portion of the remedial action which is subject to a covenant not to sue under paragraph (2) or under subsection (g) of this section (relating to de minimis settlements), a covenant not to sue a person concerning future liability to the United States shall include an exception to the covenant that allows the President to sue such person concerning future liability resulting from the release or threatened release that is the subject of the covenant where such liability arises out of conditions which are unknown at the time the President certifies under paragraph (3) that remedial action has been completed at the facility concerned.
(g) De minimis settlements(1) Expedited final settlement
(B) The potentially responsible party—
The President may provide a covenant not to sue with respect to the facility concerned to any party who has entered into a settlement under this subsection unless such a covenant would be inconsistent with the public interest as determined under subsection (f) of this section.
(7) Reduction in settlement amount based on limited ability to pay(A) In general
(8) Additional conditions for expedited settlements(A) Waiver of claims
A potentially responsible party that enters into a settlement under this subsection shall not be relieved of the responsibility to provide any information or access requested in accordance with subsection (e)(3)(B) of this section or section 9604(e) of this title.
(h) Cost recovery settlement authority(1) Authority to settle
(i) Settlement procedures(1) Publication in Federal Register
At least 30 days before any settlement (including any settlement arrived at through arbitration) may become final under subsection (h) of this section, or under subsection (g) of this section in the case of a settlement embodied in an administrative order, the head of the department or agency which has jurisdiction over the proposed settlement shall publish in the Federal Register notice of the proposed settlement. The notice shall identify the facility concerned and the parties to the proposed settlement.
(j) Natural resources(1) Notification of trustee
(Pub. L. 96–510, title I, §122, as added Pub. L. 99–499, title I, §122(a), Oct. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 1678; amended Pub. L. 107–118, title I, §102(b), Jan. 11, 2002, 115 Stat. 2359.)
2002—Subsec. (g)(7) to (12). Pub. L. 107–118 added pars. (7) to (12).