Regulations. National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan This links to a PDF version of the NCP. Removal Policy and Guidance Document Repository The purpose of the Removal Policy and Guidance Document Repository is to serve as a central repository for the collection and organization of documents related to The recent Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico under-. scores the need for those seeking natural resource damages (NRD) to resolve a. critical ambiguity in the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA): the legal weight of. the rebuttable presumption of correctness accorded to NRD assessments made. OIL POLLUTION CLEANUP Pollution Act of 1961.16 Amended in 196617 to conform to the 1962 amendments to the 1954 Convention,' the Act prohibits the discharge of oil or oily mixtures 9 by ships of American registry within fifty miles of land unless otherwise provided by the Convention.20 Like the Assessing Environmental Damages after Oil Spill Disasters: How Courts Should Construe the Rebuttable Presumption under the Oil Pollution Act Authors Yen P. Hoang 37 Sec. 3005 OIL POLLUTION ACT OF 1990. (1) prevent discharges of oil on the Great Lakes; (2) ensure an immediate and effective removal of oil on the Great Lakes; and (3) fully compensate those who are injured by a discharge of oil on the Great Lakes. In response to the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the United States Congress passed the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA). The OPA extensively amended the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. The OPA addressed issues associated with preventing, responding to, and paying for oil pollution. Polluters are made accountable for the clean up costs.
This Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 101–380, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 484, as amended, known as the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out below and Tables. The Deepwater Port Act of 1974, referred to in pars.
subchapter i—oil pollution liability and compensation (§§ 2701 – 2720) subchapter ii—prince william sound provisions (§§ 2731 – 2738) subchapter iii—miscellaneous (§§ 2751 – 2753) subchapter iv—oil pollution research and development program (§§ 2761 – 2762) This Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 101–380, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 484, as amended, known as the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out below and Tables. The Deepwater Port Act of 1974, referred to in pars. The United States Code is meant to be an organized, logical compilation of the laws passed by Congress. At its top level, it divides the world of legislation into fifty topically-organized Titles, and each Title is further subdivided into any number of logical subtopics. Cornell Law School Search Cornell. Toggle navigation. Please help us improve our site! Support Us! Search. Filter Chapter 40. OIL POLLUTION; Subchapter I. OIL POLLUTION LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION; 33 U.S. Code SUBCHAPTER I A system whereby the State or States affected by a discharge of oil or hazardous substance may act where necessary to remove such discharge and such State or States may be reimbursed in accordance with the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 [ 33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.], in the case of any discharge of oil from a vessel or facility, for the reasonable costs incurred for that removal, from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund. The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 In the wake of the Exxon Valdez oil spill of March 1989, Congress enacted the OPA as a comprehensive scheme to consolidate and im- prove existing federal laws that address liability for hazardous releases, such as the CERCLA and the Clean Water Act. The Oil Pollution Act (OPA) of 1990 streamlined and strengthened EPA's ability to prevent and respond to catastrophic oil spills. A trust fund financed by a tax on oil is available to clean up spills when the responsible party is incapable or unwilling to do so.
See generally Douglas Meiklejohn, Note, Liability for. Oil Pollution Cleanup and the Water Quality Improvement Act of 1970, 55. CORNELL L. REv. 973 (1970).
Cornell Law School Search Cornell. Toggle navigation. Please help us improve our site! Support Us! Search. Filter Chapter 40. OIL POLLUTION; Subchapter I. OIL POLLUTION LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION; 33 U.S. Code SUBCHAPTER I A system whereby the State or States affected by a discharge of oil or hazardous substance may act where necessary to remove such discharge and such State or States may be reimbursed in accordance with the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 [ 33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.], in the case of any discharge of oil from a vessel or facility, for the reasonable costs incurred for that removal, from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund. The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 In the wake of the Exxon Valdez oil spill of March 1989, Congress enacted the OPA as a comprehensive scheme to consolidate and im- prove existing federal laws that address liability for hazardous releases, such as the CERCLA and the Clean Water Act. The Oil Pollution Act (OPA) of 1990 streamlined and strengthened EPA's ability to prevent and respond to catastrophic oil spills. A trust fund financed by a tax on oil is available to clean up spills when the responsible party is incapable or unwilling to do so. The Oil Pollution Act (OPA) was signed into law in August 1990, largely in response to rising public concern following the Exxon Valdez incident. The OPA improved the nation's ability to prevent and respond to oil spills by establishing provisions that expand the federal government's ability, and provide the money and resources necessary, to respond to oil spills. Oil Pollution Cleanup and the Water Quality Improvement Act of 1970, 55 CORNELL L. REv. 973 (1970). In 1978, Congress broadened the prohibition to forbid discharges "in such quantities as may be harmful as determined by the The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701-2761) amended the Clean Water Act and addressed the wide range of problems associated with preventing, responding to, and paying for oil pollution incidents in navigable waters of the United States. It created a comprehensive prevention, response, liability, and compensation regime to deal with vessel- and facility-caused oil pollution to U.S. navigable waters.
The recent Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico under-. scores the need for those seeking natural resource damages (NRD) to resolve a. critical ambiguity in the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA): the legal weight of. the rebuttable presumption of correctness accorded to NRD assessments made.
The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 In the wake of the Exxon Valdez oil spill of March 1989, Congress enacted the OPA as a comprehensive scheme to consolidate and im- prove existing federal laws that address liability for hazardous releases, such as the CERCLA and the Clean Water Act. The Oil Pollution Act (OPA) of 1990 streamlined and strengthened EPA's ability to prevent and respond to catastrophic oil spills. A trust fund financed by a tax on oil is available to clean up spills when the responsible party is incapable or unwilling to do so. The Oil Pollution Act (OPA) was signed into law in August 1990, largely in response to rising public concern following the Exxon Valdez incident. The OPA improved the nation's ability to prevent and respond to oil spills by establishing provisions that expand the federal government's ability, and provide the money and resources necessary, to respond to oil spills. Oil Pollution Cleanup and the Water Quality Improvement Act of 1970, 55 CORNELL L. REv. 973 (1970). In 1978, Congress broadened the prohibition to forbid discharges "in such quantities as may be harmful as determined by the
In response to the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the United States Congress passed the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA). The OPA extensively amended the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. The OPA addressed issues associated with preventing, responding to, and paying for oil pollution. Polluters are made accountable for the clean up costs.
The United States Code is meant to be an organized, logical compilation of the laws passed by Congress. At its top level, it divides the world of legislation into fifty topically-organized Titles, and each Title is further subdivided into any number of logical subtopics.