49 U.S.C. § 5122
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTE | ||
Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
5122(a) | 49 App.:1808(a) (last sentence words after semicolon). | Jan. 3, 1975, Pub. L. 93-633, §§109(a) (last sentence words after semicolon), 111(a), 88 Stat. 2159, 2161. |
49 App.:1810(a). | ||
5122(b) | 49 App.:1810(b). | Jan. 3, 1975, Pub. L. 93-633, §111(b), 88 Stat. 2161; Nov. 16, 1990, Pub. L. 101-615, §3(b), 104 Stat. 3247. |
EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS2006-Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 109-304 substituted "Secretary of Homeland Security" and "section 60105 of title 46" for "Secretary of the Treasury" and "section 4197 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (46 App. U.S.C. 91)", respectively.2005-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109-59, §7126, substituted "Secretary" for "Secretary of Transportation". Pub. L. 109-59, §7119(a), substituted "this chapter or a regulation prescribed or order, special permit, or approval" for "this chapter or a regulation prescribed or order" and "The court may award appropriate relief, including a temporary or permanent injunction, punitive damages, and assessment of civil penalties considering the same penalty amounts and factors as prescribed for the Secretary in an administrative case under section 5123" for "The court may award appropriate relief, including punitive damages".Subsec. (b)(1)(B). Pub. L. 109-59, §7119(b), substituted "or mitigate the hazard" for "or ameliorate the hazard". 1996-Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104-324 added subsec. (c).
- United States
- "United States" means all of the States.1 See References in Text note below.
- hazardous material
- "hazardous material" means a substance or material the Secretary designates under section 5103(a) of this title.
- imminent hazard
- "imminent hazard" means the existence of a condition relating to hazardous material that presents a substantial likelihood that death, serious illness, severe personal injury, or a substantial endangerment to health, property, or the environment may occur before the reasonably foreseeable completion date of a formal proceeding begun to lessen the risk of that death, illness, injury, or endangerment.