42 USC § 7615 - Separability

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s7615"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 7615 - Separability"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "7615"
section_name: "Separability"
chapter_number: 85
chapter_name: "AIR POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 14, 1955, ch. 360, title III, § 315, formerly § 12, as added Pub. L. 88–206, § 1, Dec. 17, 1963, 77 Stat. 401; renumbered § 305, Pub. L. 89–272, title I, § 101(4), Oct. 20, 1965, 79 Stat. 992; renumbered § 308 and amended, Pub. L. 90–148, § 2, Nov. 21, 1967, 81 Stat. 506; renumbered § 315, Pub. L. 91–604, § 12(a), Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1705.)"
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# § 7615. Separability

If any provision of this chapter, or the application of any provision of this chapter to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, and the remainder of this chapter shall not be affected thereby.

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**Source Credit**: (July 14, 1955, ch. 360, title III, § 315, formerly § 12, as added Pub. L. 88–206, § 1, Dec. 17, 1963, 77 Stat. 401; renumbered § 305, Pub. L. 89–272, title I, § 101(4), Oct. 20, 1965, 79 Stat. 992; renumbered § 308 and amended, Pub. L. 90–148, § 2, Nov. 21, 1967, 81 Stat. 506; renumbered § 315, Pub. L. 91–604, § 12(a), Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1705.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to .

### Amendments

1967— reenacted section without change.