---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 770.1"
title: "10"
number: "770.1"
heading: "What is the purpose of this part?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/770.1"
---

# §770.1. What is the purpose of this part?

- (a) This part establishes how DOE will transfer by sale or lease real property at closed or downsized defense nuclear facilities for economic development.
- (b) This part also contains the procedures for a person or entity to request indemnification for any claim that results from the release or threatened release of a hazardous substance or pollutant or contaminant as a result of DOE activities at the defense nuclear facility.

## Notes

### Amendments

[65 FR 10689, Feb. 29, 2000, as amended at 78 FR 67927, Nov. 13, 2013]

### Authority

Authority: 50 U.S.C. 2811.

### Source

Source: 65 FR 10689, Feb. 29, 2000, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[65 FR 10689, Feb. 29, 2000, as amended at 78 FR 67927, Nov. 13, 2013]