Sec. 711. SAVINGS PROVISIONS AND EFFECTIVE DATES
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## SEC. 711 SAVINGS PROVISIONS AND EFFECTIVE DATES ###
(a)Savings Provisions Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, no suit, action, or other proceeding lawfully commenced by the Administrator or any other officer or employee of the United States in his official capacity or in relation to the discharge of his official duties under the Clean Air Act, as in effect immediately prior to the date of enactment of this Act, shall abate by reason of the taking effect of the amendments made by this Act. ###
(b)Effective Dates ####
(1)Except as otherwise expressly provided, the amendments made by this Act shall be effective on the date of enactment of this Act. ####
(2)The Administrator's authority to assess civil penalties under section 205(c) of the Clean Air Act, as amended by this Act, shall apply to violations that occur or continue on or after the date of enactment of this Act. Civil penalties for violations that occur prior to such date and do not continue after such date shall be assessed in accordance with the provisions of the Clean Air Act in effect immediately prior to the date of enactment of this Act. ####
(3)The civil penalties prescribed under sections 205(a) and 211(d)(1) of the Clean Air Act, as amended by this Act, shall apply to violations that occur on or after the date of enactment of this Act. Violations that occur prior to such date shall be subject to the civil penalty provisions prescribed in sections 205(a) and 211(d) of the Clean Air Act in effect immediately prior to the enactment of this Act. The injunctive authority prescribed under section 211(d)(2) of the Clean Air Act, as amended by this Act, shall apply to violations that occur or continue on or after the date of enactment of this Act. ####
(4)For purposes of paragraphs
(2)and (3), where the date of a violation cannot be determined it will be assumed to be the date on which the violation is discovered. * * * * * * *