---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 117.23"
title: "40"
number: "117.23"
heading: "Liabilities for removal."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/117.23"
---

# §117.23. Liabilities for removal.


In any case where a substance designated as hazardous in [40 CFR part 116](/cfr/40/part116.md) is discharged from any vessel or onshore or offshore facility in a quantity equal to or exceeding the reportable quantity determined by this part, the owner, operator or person in charge will be liable, pursuant to section 311 (f) and (g) of the Act, to the United States Government for the actual costs incurred in the removal of such substance, subject only to the defenses and monetary limitations enumerated in section [311 (f)](/cfr/40/311.md?p=f) and [(g)](/cfr/40/311.md?p=g) of the Act.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq., and Executive Order 11735, superseded by Executive Order 12777, 56 FR 54757.

### Source

Source: 44 FR 50776, Aug. 29, 1979, unless otherwise noted.