2021 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle A - General Military Law
Part IV - Service, Supply, and Property
Chapter 160 - Environmental Restoration
Sec. 2707 - Environmental restoration projects for environmental responses

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Citation 10 U.S.C. § 2707 (2021)
Section Name §2707. Environmental restoration projects for environmental responses
Section Text

(a) Environmental Restoration Projects Authorized.—The Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of a military department may carry out an environmental restoration project if that Secretary determines that the project is necessary to carry out a response under this chapter or CERCLA.

(b) Treatment of Project.—Any construction, development, conversion, or extension of a structure, and any installation of equipment, that is included in an environmental restoration project under this section may not be considered military construction (as that term is defined in section 2801(a) of this title).

(c) Source of Funds.—Funds authorized for deposit in an account established by section 2703(a) of this title shall be the only source of funds to conduct an environmental restoration project under this section.

(d) Environmental Restoration Project Defined.—In this section, the term "environmental restoration project" includes any construction, development, conversion, or extension of a structure, or installation of equipment, in direct support of a response.

(e) Authority for National Guard Projects.—

(1) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section and section 2701(c)(1) of this title, the Secretary concerned may use funds described in subsection (c) to carry out an environmental restoration project at a facility where military activities are conducted by the National Guard of a State under title 32 in response to perfluorooctanoic acid or perfluorooctane sulfonate contamination under this chapter or CERCLA.

(2) The Secretary concerned may use the authority under section 2701(d) of this title to carry out environmental restoration projects under paragraph (1).

Source Credit

(Added Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title III, §313(a)(2), Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2507; amended Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title III, §316(a), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1304; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title III, §314(a), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3514.)


Editorial Notes EDITORIAL NOTES PRIOR PROVISIONS

A prior section 2707 was renumbered section 2700 of this title.

AMENDMENTS

2021—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 116–283 designated existing provisions as par. (1), inserted "where military activities are conducted by the National Guard of a State under title 32" after "facility", and added par. (2).

2019—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 116–92 added subsec. (e).


STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES SAVINGS CLAUSE

Nothing in amendment by section 316 of Pub. L. 116–92 to affect any requirement or authority under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), see section 316(d) of Pub. L. 116–92, set out as a note under section 2700 of this title.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 10 - ARMED FORCES
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 10 - ARMED FORCES
Subtitle A - General Military Law
PART IV - SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY
CHAPTER 160 - ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION
Sec. 2707 - Environmental restoration projects for environmental responses
Contains section 2707
Date 2021
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 3, 2022
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 116 Stat. 2507
133 Stat. 1304
134 Stat. 3514
Public Law References Public Law 107-314, Public Law 116-92, Public Law 116-283
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