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title: "42 U.S.C. § 6991j"
description: "Use of funds for release prevention and compliance"
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title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
chapter_number: "82"
chapter_name: "SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL"
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# 42 U.S.C. § 6991j - Use of funds for release prevention and compliance

## Text

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 11 So in original. State regulations pertaining to underground storage tanks regulated under this subchapter; and

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

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