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42 U.S.C. 7420: Noncompliance penalty

Created in 1977 by Public Law 95-95. Changed by 2 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

3 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 42 U.S.C. 7413, 42 U.S.C. 7419, 42 U.S.C. 7607.

2 parts of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Environmental Protection Agency (2).

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    1990

    • Pub. L. 101–549 inserted reference to sections 7477 and 7603 of this title in cl. (ii), added cl. (iii), and redesignated former cl. (iii) as (iv) and inserted reference to cl. (iii). · (a)

    1977

    • Pub. L. 95–190, §14(a)(28), (29), in cls. (i) and (iii) inserted provisions relating to consent decrees wherever appearing. · (a)
    • Pub. L. 95–190, §14(a)(30), (31), in cl. (i) inserted reference to section 7413(d)(5) of this title, and in cls. (i) and (ii) inserted provision relating to orders in effect under section 1857c–10 of this title before Aug. 7, 1977, wherever appearing. · (a)
    • Pub. L. 95–190, §14(a)(34)–(36), in closing provisions inserted provisions relating to notice to the Administrator when a noncompliance penalty is established by a State, and substituted references to noncompliance for references to delayed compliance in two places, "source" for "facil… · (b)
    • Pub. L. 95–190, §14(a)(33), substituted "(a)(1)(B)(i)" for "(e)". · (b)
    • Pub. L. 95–190, §14(a)(32), substituted "(4)" for "(6)". · (b)
    • Pub. L. 95–190, §14(a)(37), inserted provisions relating to inclusion of the economic value of a delay in compliance, and substituted "such a delay" for "a delay in compliance beyond July 1, 1979,". · (d)
    • Pub. L. 95–190, §14(a)(38), substituted "subsection, shall" for "subsection shall". · (e)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.