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Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (PDF/details) as amended in the GPO Statute Compilations collection; Summary of the Oil Pollution Act - EPA; Roll call of voting members of the House; Cosponsors Archived 2009-01-16 at the Wayback Machine
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 ...
Executive Order 13990, officially titled Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis [1] is an executive order signed by President Joe Biden on January 20, 2021, which implements various environmental policies of his administration including revoking the permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline [2] and temporarily prohibiting drilling in the ...
1947 – Los Angeles Air Pollution Control District created; first air pollution agency in the US. 1948 – Federal Water Pollution Control Act; 1955 – National Air Pollution Control Act; 1959 – California Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Board created to test automobile emissions and set standards.
However, the EPA report identified regulatory gaps for oil and gas wastes, for which it recommended additional rules under existing EPA regulatory authority, under RCRA Subtitle D, the Clean Water Act, and the Safe Water Drinking Act. [37] Federal regulation of the storage of petroleum was established by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. [38]
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U.S. officials on Thursday announced a $241 million settlement with Marathon Oil over alleged air pollution violations at dozens of the company's oil and gas facilities on a North Dakota Indian ...
It has since been amended by the Clean Water Act (1972), the Oil Pollution Act (1990) and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Competition and Liability Act (CERCLA) 1980. The Oil Pollution Act increased the role and dimensions of the NCP by establishing a more robust planning and response system to improve response and prevent spills in ...