42 U.S.C. § 9672
Section 9672 · State laws; scope of subchapter
This is § 402 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
Amended 2 times on record
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Chubb Custom Insurance v. Space Systems/Loral, Inc. (2013)
Most recently applied in Chubb Custom Insurance v. Space Systems/Loral, Inc. (March 2013)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to affect either the tort law or the law governing the interpretation of insurance contracts of any State. The definitions of pollution liability and pollution liability insurance under any State law shall not be applied for the purposes of this subchapter, including recognition or qualification of risk retention groups or purchasing groups.
The authority to offer or to provide insurance under this subchapter shall be limited to coverage of pollution liability risks and this subchapter does not authorize a risk retention group or purchasing group to provide coverage of any other line of insurance.