pollutant or contaminant
Defined in 6 places across 4 titles of the United States Code.
(A) The terms "environment", "facility", "hazardous substance", "person", "pollutant or contaminant", "release", "removal", "response", "disposal", and "hazardous waste" have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of CERCLA (42 U.S.C. 9601).
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- 2019–202110 U.S.C. § 2700Armed Forces · Definitions · in this chapter
In this section, the terms “hazardous substance”, “release”, and “pollutant or contaminant” have the meanings provided by section 101 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601).
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- 2026–present10 U.S.C. § 6351Armed Forces · Transfers of real property at certain Department of Energy facilities · in this section
In this section, the terms “hazardous substance”, “release”, and “pollutant or contaminant” have the meanings provided by section 9601 of title 42.
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- 2013–present50 U.S.C. § 2811War and National Defense · Transfers of real property at certain Department of Energy facilities · in this section
The term “environment”, “facility”, “hazardous substance”, “person”, “pollutant or contaminant”, “release”, “removal”, “response”, “disposal”, and “hazardous waste” have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of CERCLA (42 U.S.C. 9601).
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- 2021–202310 U.S.C. § 2700Armed Forces · Definitions · in this chapter
The term “pollutant or contaminant” has the meaning given the term in section 101 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601).
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- 1998–present16 U.S.C. § 460LLLConservation · Definitions · in this subchapter
The term “pollutant or contaminant” shall include, but not be limited to, any element, substance, compound, or mixture, including disease-causing agents, which after release into the environment and upon exposure, ingestion, inhalation, or assimilation into any organism, either directly from the environment or indirectly by ingestion through food chains, will or may reasonably be anticipated to cause death, disease, behavioral abnormalities, cancer, genetic mutation, physiological malfunctions (including malfunctions in reproduction) or physical deformations, in such organisms or their offspring; except that the term “pollutant or contaminant” shall not include petroleum, including crude oil or any fraction thereof which is not otherwise specifically listed or designated as a hazardous substance under subparagraphs (A) through (F) of paragraph (14) and shall not include natural gas, liquefied natural gas, or synthetic gas of pipeline quality (or mixtures of natural gas and such synthetic gas).
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- 1994–present42 U.S.C. § 9601The Public Health and Welfare · Definitions · under this subchapter
The terms “environment”, “facility”, “hazardous substance”, “person”, “pollutant or contaminant”, “release”, “removal”, “response”, “disposal”, and “hazardous waste” have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of CERCLA (42 U.S.C. 9601).
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- 2010–present10 U.S.C. § 2700Armed Forces · Definitions · in this chapter
The terms “hazardous substance”, “release”, and “pollutant or contaminant” have the meanings provided by section 9601 of this title.
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- 1997–present42 U.S.C. § 7274QThe Public Health and Welfare · Transferred · in this section
The terms “hazardous substance”, “release”, and “pollutant or contaminant” have the meanings provided by section 9601 of title 42.
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- 2004–201350 U.S.C. § 2811War and National Defense · Transfers of real property at certain Department of Energy facilities · in this section