42 USC 9661 - Love Canal property acquisition

U.S Code last checked for updates: May 02, 2024

§ 9661.

Love Canal property acquisition

(a)

Acquisition of property in Emergency Declaration Area

(b)

Procedures for acquisition

(c)

State ownership

(d)

Maintenance of property

(e)

Habitability and land use study

The Administrator shall conduct or cause to be conducted a habitability and land-use study. The study shall—

(1)

assess the risks associated with inhabiting of the Love Canal Emergency Declaration Area;

(2)

compare the level of hazardous waste contamination in that Area to that present in other comparable communities; and

(3)

assess the potential uses of the land within the Emergency Declaration Area, including but not limited to residential, industrial, commercial and recreational, and the risks associated with such potential uses.

The Administrator shall publish the findings of such study and shall work with the State of New York to develop recommendations based upon the results of such study.

(f)

Funding

(g)

Response

(h)

Definitions

For purposes of this section:

(1)

Emergency Declaration Area

(2)

Private property

As used in subsection (a), the term “private property” means all property which is not owned by a department, agency, or instrumentality of—

(A)

the United States, or

(B)

the State of New York (or any public agency or authority thereof).

(Pub. L. 96–510, title III, § 312, as added Pub. L. 99–499, title II, § 213(b), Oct. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 1727.)

cite as: 42 USC 9661