Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 94 Part 3.djvu/164

 94 STAT. 2808

PUBLIC LAW 96-510—DEC. 11, 1980

(B) whether such revisions should take the form of Federal statutes or the development of a model code which is recommended for adoption by the States. (5) The Fund shall pay administrative expenses incurred for the study. No expenses shall be available to pay compensation, except expenses on a per diem basis for the one reporter, but in no case shall the total expenses of the study exceed $300,000. (f) The President, acting through the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Transportation, the Administrator of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health shall study and, not later than two years after the enactment of this Act, shall modify the national contingency plan to provide for the protection of the health and safety of employees involved in response actions. EFFECTIVE DATES, SAVINGS PROVISION

42 USC 9652. 33 USC 1321.

ggc. 302. (a) Unless otherwise provided, all provisions of this Act shall be effective on the date of enactment of this Act. O> Any regulation issued pursuant to any provisions of section 311 t) of the Clean Water Act which is repealed or superseded by this Act and which is in effect on the date immediately preceding the effective date of this Act shall be deemed to be a regulation issued pursuant to the authority of this Act and shall remain in full force and effect unless or until superseded by new regulations issued thereunder. (c) Any regulation— (1) respecting financial responsibility, (2) issued pursuant to any provision of law repealed or superseded by this Act, and (3) in effect on the date immediately preceding the effective date of this Act shall be deemed to be a regulation issued pursuant to the authority of this Act and shall remain in full force and effect unless or until superseded by new regulations issued thereunder. (d) Nothing in this Act shall affect or modify in any way the obligations or liabilities of any person under other Federal or State law, including common law, with respect to releases of hazardous substances or other pollutants or contaminants. The provisions of this Act shall not be considered, interpreted, or construed in any way as reflecting a determination, in part or whole, of policy regarding the inapplicability of strict liability, or strict liability doctrines, to activities relating to hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants or other such activities. EXPIRA.TION, SUNSET PROVISION

42 USC 9653.

SEC. 303. Unless reauthorized by the Congress, the authority to collect taxes conferred by this Act shall terminate on September 30, 1985, or when the sum of the amounts received in the Treasury under section 4611 and under 4661 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 total $1,380,000,000, whichever occurs first. The Secretary of the Treasury shall estimate when this level of $1,380,000,000 will be reached and shall by regulation, provide procedures for the termination of the tax authorized by this Act and imposed under sections Ante, pp. 2797, 4611 and 4661 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. 2798.

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