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NRDA Settlement Reached for 2014 Galveston Bay Oil Spill

The Energy Law

The Trustees for this incident include the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the U.S. 68686, and goes through January 3, 2022. Shortly after the incident, Kirby and the Natural Resource Trustees began assessing natural resource damages caused by the release.

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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: July 12, 2021

ESA

NSF for the Future Act increases authorizing funding for the National Science Foundation to $17.9 billion in FY 2022 in FY 2022. Innovation and Competition Act passed the full Senate in early June. In total, the NSF for the Future Act increases authorized funding for NSF to $17.9 billion for NSF in FY 2022.

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Policy News: June 28, 2021

ESA

Innovation and Competition Act passed the full Senate in early June. The House NSF bill creates a new Science and Engineering Solutions Directorate within NSF and authorizes funding for this directorate at $1 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2022. In total, the NSF for the Future Act increases authorized funding for NSF to $17.9

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