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These statues include: the Ports and Waterways Safety Act of 1972, the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act of 1973, the Deep Water Port Act of 1974, the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act of 1978, and the Alaska Oil Spill Commission of 1990. However, this fragmented collection of federal and state laws provided only limited safeguards ...
Unlike the Best Available Technology (BAT) criteria stipulated by the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act, the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act amendments of 1978 stipulated that offshore drilling and oil spill response practices incorporate the use of Best Available and Safest Technologies (BAST).
This was the major statute for deep water spill incidents. It addressed oil spills, cleanup and liability at deep water oil ports. Outer Continent Shelf Lands Act Amendments (1978). [8] This act addressed oil spills, cleanup and liability structure for oil extraction facilities in federal offshore waters. Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Act of 1979. [9]
President Obama speaking in the Oval Office about the spill. On 30 April 2010, President Barack Obama ordered the federal government to delay issuing new offshore drilling leases until a thorough review determined whether more safety systems were needed [1] and authorized teams to investigate 29 oil rigs in the Gulf in an effort to determine the cause of the disaster. [2]
"The legislature shall provide for control of pollution and control of despoilment of the air, water and other natural resources of this state, consistent with the use and development of these ...
Oil Pollution Act of 1961; Long title: An Act to implement the provisions of the International Convention for the Prevention of the Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954. Nicknames: Oil Pollution Act, 1961: Enacted by: the 87th United States Congress: Effective: August 30, 1961: Citations; Public law: 87-167: Statutes at Large: 75 Stat. 402 ...
The Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday that it’s reviewing a request from the oil and gas industry to ease enforcement of hazardous air and water pollution and other regulatory issues ...
The EPA recently reversed its original position on the project and said Bluewater Texas Terminal would have to meet more stringent standards.