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2023 Begins With Increased (or Unlimited) Liability for Vessel Owners

The Energy Law

A Regulatory Increase to the Limits of Liability for Oil Pollution and an Amendment Exempting Small Passenger Vessels from the Limitation of Liability Act Present New Challenges for Vessel Owners U.S. First, the Coast Guard announced [1] increases to the liability limits in the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (“OPA”). [2]

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Policy News: June 28, 2021

ESA

This panel will advise the CASAC about Clean Air Act standards for particulate matter and will be involved in the agency’s reconsideration of the December 2020 decision to retain the PM National Ambient Air Quality Standards. Justice Department – Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Oil Pollution Act.

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