§ 2710. — Indemnification agreements.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC2710]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 40--OIL POLLUTION
SUBCHAPTER I--OIL POLLUTION LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION
Sec. 2710. Indemnification agreements
(a) Agreements not prohibited
Nothing in this Act prohibits any agreement to insure, hold
harmless, or indemnify a party to such agreement for any liability under
this Act.
(b) Liability not transferred
No indemnification, hold harmless, or similar agreement or
conveyance shall be effective to transfer liability imposed under this
Act from a responsible party or from any person who may be liable for an
incident under this Act to any other person.
(c) Relationship to other causes of action
Nothing in this Act, including the provisions of subsection (b) of
this section, bars a cause of action that a responsible party subject to
liability under this Act, or a guarantor, has or would have, by reason
of subrogation or otherwise, against any person.
(Pub. L. 101-380, title I, Sec. 1010, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 498.)
References in Text
This Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 101-380, Aug. 18, 1990,
104 Stat. 484, as amended, known as the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, which
is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification
of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2701
of this title and Tables.
