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Furthermore, the Oil Pollution Act allows for additional liability enacted by other relevant state laws. [11] Under the Oil Pollution Act, federal, tribal, state, and any other person can recover removal costs from a responsible party so long as such entity has incurred costs from carrying out oil removal activities in accordance with the Clean ...
Signed into law by President Calvin Coolidge on June 7, 1924 Oil Pollution Act of 1924 is a United States federal statute establishing regulations for coastal navigable waters with regards to intentional fossil fuel discharges from seagoing vessels .
The laws listed below meet the following criteria: (1) they were passed by the United States Congress, and (2) pertain to (a) the regulation of the interaction of humans and the natural environment, or (b) the conservation and/or management of natural or historic resources.
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 ...
Law 1964-12 on Water Pollution by Oil; Law 1982-2634 for the Encouragement of Tourism; Law 1983-2872 Environment Law; United Kingdom. Alkali Act 1863; Clean Air Act ...
Six federal laws were in place to prevent and respond to oil spills including National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP) 1968: [4] The NCP established the response system the federal government was to follow in the event of oil spills and release of hazardous materials into the environment.
The International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969, renewed in 1992 and often referred to as the CLC Convention, is an international maritime treaty admistered by the International Maritime Organization that was adopted to ensure that adequate compensation would be available where oil pollution damage was caused by maritime casualties involving oil tankers (i.e ...
The Oil Pollution Act of 1973 or Oil Pollution Act Amendments of 1973, 33 U.S.C. Chapter 20 §§ 1001-1011, was a United States federal law which amended the United States Statute 75 Stat. 402. The Act of Congress sustained the United States commitment to control the discharge of fossil fuel pollutants from nautical vessels and to acknowledge ...