Oil Pollution Act

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The Oil Pollution Act is a U.S. federal law that strengthens regulations and liability for oil spill prevention, response, and cleanup in American waters and shorelines.

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Generate an image of the Oil Pollution Act (The Oil Pollution Act is a U.S. federal law that strengthens regulations and liability for oil spill prevention, response, and cleanup in American waters and shorelines.)

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Label Occurrences
Oil Pollution Act of 1990 13
Oil Pollution Act canonical 9

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
administeredBy Department of the Interior ⓘ
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ⓘ
United States Coast Guard ⓘ
United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ
amends Clean Water Act ⓘ
appliesTo offshore facilities ⓘ
onshore facilities ⓘ
pipelines transporting oil ⓘ
tank vessels ⓘ
authorizes federal removal actions for oil discharges ⓘ
natural resource damage assessments ⓘ
category Environmental law in the United States ⓘ
Oil spill prevention and response law ⓘ
United States federal environmental legislation ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
creates Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund ⓘ
dateSigned 1990-08-18 ⓘ
designates federal on-scene coordinator for oil spill response ⓘ
enactedBy 101st United States Congress ⓘ
establishes liability for economic damages from oil spills ⓘ
liability for natural resource damages from oil spills ⓘ
liability for oil spill removal costs ⓘ
imposes strict liability on responsible parties for oil spills ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
primaryPurpose oil spill cleanup ⓘ
oil spill prevention ⓘ
oil spill response ⓘ
protects adjoining shorelines from oil pollution ⓘ
exclusive economic zone of the United States from oil pollution ⓘ
navigable waters of the United States from oil pollution ⓘ
publicLawNumber Public Law 101-380 ⓘ
regulates oil pollution in navigable waters of the United States ⓘ
oil pollution on adjoining shorelines of the United States ⓘ
requires contingency planning for oil spill response ⓘ
financial responsibility for certain facilities handling oil ⓘ
financial responsibility for vessels carrying oil ⓘ
oil spill response plans for certain onshore facilities ⓘ
oil spill response plans for certain vessels ⓘ
responseTo Exxon Valdez oil spill ⓘ
setsLiabilityCap statutory limits for certain oil spill damages ⓘ
shortName OPA ⓘ
Oil Pollution Act ⓘ
signedBy George H. W. Bush ⓘ
strengthens federal authority over oil spill response ⓘ
penalties for oil pollution violations ⓘ
yearEnacted 1990 ⓘ

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Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oil Pollution Act of 1990 → shortName → Oil Pollution Act ⓘ
subject linked to: Oil Pollution Act
Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund → legalBasis → Oil Pollution Act of 1990 ⓘ
linked to: Oil Pollution Act
Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund → createdBy → Oil Pollution Act of 1990 ⓘ
linked to: Oil Pollution Act
ENRD → enforces → Oil Pollution Act ⓘ
Public Law 101-380 → hasOfficialName → Oil Pollution Act of 1990 ⓘ
linked to: Oil Pollution Act
Public Law 101-380 → hasShortTitle → Oil Pollution Act of 1990 ⓘ
linked to: Oil Pollution Act
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act → relatedTo → Oil Pollution Act of 1990 ⓘ
linked to: Oil Pollution Act
BSEE → legalAuthorityFrom → Oil Pollution Act ⓘ
United States environmental law → keyStatute → Oil Pollution Act ⓘ
U.S. Coast Guard National Pollution Funds Center → legalBasis → Oil Pollution Act of 1990 ⓘ
linked to: Oil Pollution Act
Exxon Valdez oil spill → ledTo → Oil Pollution Act of 1990 ⓘ
linked to: Oil Pollution Act
National Contingency Plan → relatedTo → Oil Pollution Act of 1990 ⓘ
subject linked to: NCP
linked to: Oil Pollution Act
U.S. Coast Guard Marine Environmental Protection program → legalBasis → Oil Pollution Act of 1990 ⓘ
linked to: Oil Pollution Act
NPFC → associatedWith → Oil Pollution Act of 1990 ⓘ
linked to: Oil Pollution Act
NPFC → legalAuthority → Oil Pollution Act of 1990 ⓘ
linked to: Oil Pollution Act
Exxon Valdez → ledTo → Oil Pollution Act of 1990 ⓘ
linked to: Oil Pollution Act
United States v. BP Exploration & Production Inc. → legalBasis → Oil Pollution Act of 1990 ⓘ
linked to: Oil Pollution Act
OSRE → legalAuthority → Oil Pollution Act ⓘ