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Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 -> 59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun, verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make legal-us-code default now covers every title. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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title: "42 U.S.C. § 16138"
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description: "EPA authority to accept diesel emissions reduction Supplemental Environmental Projects"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 42
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title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
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chapter_number: "149"
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chapter_name: "NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY AND PROGRAMS"
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section: "16138"
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citation: "42 U.S.C. § 16138"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 42 U.S.C. § 16138 - EPA authority to accept diesel emissions reduction Supplemental Environmental Projects
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## Text
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The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (hereinafter, the “Agency”) may accept (notwithstanding sections 3302 and 1301 of title 31) diesel emissions reduction Supplemental Environmental Projects if the projects, as part of a settlement of any alleged violations of environmental law—
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(1) protect human health or the environment;
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(2) are related to the underlying alleged violations;
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(3) do not constitute activities that the defendant would otherwise be legally required to perform; and
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(4) do not provide funds for the staff of the Agency or for contractors to carry out the Agency’s internal operations.
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(Pub. L. 110–255, § 1, June 30, 2008, 122 Stat. 2423.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Codification Section was not enacted as part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 which comprises this chapter.
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