§ 691. — Environmental Compliance and Restoration Program.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 14USC691]
TITLE 14--COAST GUARD
PART I--REGULAR COAST GUARD
CHAPTER 19--ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION PROGRAM
Sec. 691. Environmental Compliance and Restoration Program
(a) The Secretary shall carry out a program of environmental
compliance and restoration at current and former Coast Guard facilities.
(b) Program goals include:
(1) Identifying, investigating, and cleaning up contamination
from hazardous substances and pollutants.
(2) Correcting other environmental damage that poses an imminent
and substantial danger to the public health or welfare or to the
environment.
(3) Demolishing and removing unsafe buildings and structures,
including buildings and structures at former Coast Guard facilities.
(4) Preventing contamination from hazardous substances and
pollutants at current Coast Guard facilities.
(c)(1) The Secretary shall respond to releases of hazardous
substances and pollutants--
(A) at each Coast Guard facility the United States owns, leases,
or otherwise possesses;
(B) at each Coast Guard facility the United States owned,
leased, or otherwise possessed when the actions leading to
contamination from hazardous substances or pollutants occurred; and
(C) on each vessel the Coast Guard owns or operates.
(2) Paragraph (1) of this subsection does not apply to a removal or
remedial action when a potentially responsible person responds under
section 122 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,
and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9622).
(3) The Secretary shall pay a fee or charge imposed by a state \1\
authority for permit services for disposing of hazardous substances or
pollutants from Coast Guard facilities to the same extent that
nongovernmental entities are required to pay for permit services. This
paragraph does not apply to a payment that is the responsibility of a
lessee, contractor, or other private person.
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(d) The Secretary may agree with another Federal agency for that
agency to assist in carrying out the Secretary's responsibilities under
this chapter. The Secretary may enter into contracts, cooperative
agreements, and grant agreements with State and local governments to
assist in carrying out the Secretary's responsibilities under this
chapter. Services that may be obtained under this subsection include
identifying, investigating, and cleaning up off-site contamination that
may have resulted from the release of a hazardous substance or pollutant
at a Coast Guard facility.
(e) Section 119 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9619) applies to response
action contractors that carry out response actions under this chapter.
The Coast Guard shall indemnify response action contractors to the
extent that adequate insurance is not generally available at a fair
price at the time the contractor enters into the contract to cover the
contractor's reasonable, potential, long-term liability.
(Added Pub. L. 101-225, title II, Sec. 222(a), Dec. 12, 1989, 103 Stat.
1917.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 692 of this title.
