42 USC § 6991j - Use of funds for release prevention and compliance

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s6991j"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 6991j - Use of funds for release prevention and compliance"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "6991j"
section_name: "Use of funds for release prevention and compliance"
chapter_number: 82
chapter_name: "SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL"
subchapter_number: "IX"
subchapter_name: "REGULATION OF UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–272, title II, § 9011, as added Pub. L. 109–58, title XV, § 1526(a), Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 1097.)"
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# § 6991j. Use of funds for release prevention and compliance

Funds made available under section 6991m(2)(D) of this title from the Trust Fund may be used to conduct inspections, issue orders, or bring actions under this subchapter—

**1** by a State, in accordance with a grant or cooperative agreement with the Administrator, of [^1] State regulations pertaining to underground storage tanks regulated under this subchapter; and

So in original.

**(2)** by the Administrator, for tanks regulated under this subchapter (including under a State program approved under section 6991c of this title).

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–272, title II, § 9011, as added Pub. L. 109–58, title XV, § 1526(a), Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 1097.)