---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch103/schI"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter I"
heading: "Hazardous Substances Releases, Liability, Compensation"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch103-schI"
sections_count: 28
---

# Subchapter I — Hazardous Substances Releases, Liability, Compensation

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 103 — Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability

## Sections

- [§9601. Definitions](/usc/42/9601.md)
- [§9602. Designation of additional hazardous substances and establishment of reportable released quantities; regulations](/usc/42/9602.md)
- [§9603. Notification requirements respecting released substances](/usc/42/9603.md)
- [§9604. Response authorities](/usc/42/9604.md)
- [§9605. National contingency plan](/usc/42/9605.md)
- [§9606. Abatement actions](/usc/42/9606.md)
- [§9607. Liability](/usc/42/9607.md)
- [§9608. Financial responsibility](/usc/42/9608.md)
- [§9609. Civil penalties and awards](/usc/42/9609.md)
- [§9610. Employee protection](/usc/42/9610.md)
- [§9611. Uses of Fund](/usc/42/9611.md)
- [§9612. Claims procedure](/usc/42/9612.md)
- [§9613. Civil proceedings](/usc/42/9613.md)
- [§9614. Relationship to other law](/usc/42/9614.md)
- [§9615. Presidential delegation and assignment of duties or powers and promulgation of regulations](/usc/42/9615.md)
- [§9616. Schedules](/usc/42/9616.md)
- [§9617. Public participation](/usc/42/9617.md)
- [§9618. High priority for drinking water supplies](/usc/42/9618.md)
- [§9619. Response action contractors](/usc/42/9619.md)
- [§9620. Federal facilities](/usc/42/9620.md)
- [§9621. Cleanup standards](/usc/42/9621.md)
- [§9622. Settlements](/usc/42/9622.md)
- [§9623. Reimbursement to local governments](/usc/42/9623.md)
- [§9624. Methane recovery](/usc/42/9624.md)
- [§9625. Section 6921(b)(3)(A)(i) waste](/usc/42/9625.md)
- [§9626. Indian tribes](/usc/42/9626.md)
- [§9627. Recycling transactions](/usc/42/9627.md)
- [§9628. State response programs](/usc/42/9628.md)