Oil Pollution Act – Flashcards
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Oil Pollution Act of 1990
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It streamlines federal response to oil spills by requiring oil storage facilities and vessels to prepare spill-response plans and provide for their rapid implementation. It also increases polluter's liability for cleanup costs and damage to natural resources and imposes measures designed to improve tanker safety and prevent spills
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Year of enactment/implementation
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1990
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Years of amendments and significant changes
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None
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Agency/Group/Governing Body/Nation responsible for implementation/enforcement
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The EPA as well as state governments
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Brief description of "environmental climate/disaster" that necessitated the Act
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It was enacted a year after the disastrous Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska's Prince William Sound, which spilled more then 11 million gallons of oil into the Pacific
