California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Otay Land Co. v. U.E. Ltd., L.P., 15 Cal.App.5th 806, 225 Cal.Rptr.3d 119 (Cal. App. 2017):
CERCLA contains a similar exception ( 42 U.S.C. 9607(j) ), and defines "federally permitted release" to include various releases in compliance with permits under specified laws or other government authorization. (Id ., 9601(10); see Barnes ex rel. Estate of Barnes v. Koppers, Inc. (5th Cir. 2008) 534 F.3d 357, 363, fn. 5 [federally permitted release is a "discharge pursuant to a permit issued under any of a variety of federal environmental laws"]; 25325 [incorporating CERCLA definition of federally permitted release].)
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