Oil Pollution Liability: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Navigation of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, Ninety-fourth Congress, First and Second Sessions .... |
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... present time , American citizens who sustain damages from oil pollution are dependent for compensation upon suits in civil courts based upon proof , in the case of vessels , of negligence or unseaworthi- ness . The difficulty in ...
... present time , American citizens who sustain damages from oil pollution are dependent for compensation upon suits in civil courts based upon proof , in the case of vessels , of negligence or unseaworthi- ness . The difficulty in ...
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... present time , follow - on hearings are scheduled for November 4 , 12 , and 18 , and any subsequent schedule will be announced at a later date . The bills and departmental reports will appear in the record at this point . [ The material ...
... present time , follow - on hearings are scheduled for November 4 , 12 , and 18 , and any subsequent schedule will be announced at a later date . The bills and departmental reports will appear in the record at this point . [ The material ...
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... present a claim under this section if ( A ) the damages stemmed from the presence of oil in or on the territorial sea or internal waters of the country of which the claimant is a resident or on the shoreline adjacent thereto , and ( B ) ...
... present a claim under this section if ( A ) the damages stemmed from the presence of oil in or on the territorial sea or internal waters of the country of which the claimant is a resident or on the shoreline adjacent thereto , and ( B ) ...
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... present that claim to the fund , that election to be irrevocable and exclusive . ( d ) In the case of a claim which had been presented to fund , and in which the fund- ( 1 ) has denied all liability for the claim , for any reason ; or ...
... present that claim to the fund , that election to be irrevocable and exclusive . ( d ) In the case of a claim which had been presented to fund , and in which the fund- ( 1 ) has denied all liability for the claim , for any reason ; or ...
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... present , there are two separate funds for this purpose , provided under the Trans - Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act , Pub . L. No. 93-153 . Act of November 16 . 1973 , and the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 , Pub . L. No. 93-627 , Act of ...
... present , there are two separate funds for this purpose , provided under the Trans - Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act , Pub . L. No. 93-153 . Act of November 16 . 1973 , and the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 , Pub . L. No. 93-627 , Act of ...
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$20 million 11th Amendment action Administrator Admiral SILER amended American Waterways Operators BIAGGI bill Chairman claimant claims cleanup costs Coast Guard coastal committee compensation fund concerned Congress court Deepwater Port Department discharge of oil domestic fund environmental established Federal Water Pollution financial responsibility foreign Fund Convention Governor PETERSON hazardous substances HEYWARD implement incentive industry injury International Convention International Fund jurisdiction legislation liability and compensation Liability for Oil liability laws liability limits limitation of liability LIPELES marine MARIO BIAGGI maritime law natural resources offshore facilities Oil Pollution Damage Oil Pollution Liability oil spills oilspill OLNEY onshore person petroleum Pollution Control Act preempt preemption present problem question result Secretary Secretary of Transportation section 311 ship spiller statute strict liability STUDDS subcommittee subrogation subsection supertanker tanker terminal Texas Thank tion Torrey Canyon TOVALOP U.S. Coast Guard United unlimited liability Water Pollution Control
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Page 5 - All redemptions, purchases, and sales by the Secretary of the Treasury of such notes or other obligations shall be treated as public debt transactions of the United States.
Page 5 - Treasury is authorized and directed to purchase any notes and other obligations issued hereunder and for that purpose he is authorized to use as a public debt transaction the proceeds from the sale of any securities issued under the Second Liberty Bond Act...
Page 35 - President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall be compensated at the rate now or hereafter provided for Level IV of the Executive Schedule Pay Rates (5 USC 5315).
Page 13 - Venue shall lie in any district in which the release or damages occurred, or in which the defendant resides, may be found, or has his principal office. For the purposes of this section, the Fund shall reside in the District of Columbia.
Page 14 - United States" means the States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; (6) "owner or operator...
Page 14 - No claim for compensation for pollution damage shall be made against the owner otherwise than in accordance with this Convention. No claim for pollution damage under this Convention or otherwise may be made against the servants or agents of the owner. 5. Nothing in this Convention shall prejudice any right of recourse of the owner against third parties.
Page 19 - ... security being treated as insufficient if the person suffering the damage has been unable to obtain full satisfaction of the amount of compensation due under...
Page 5 - States. (b) If at any time the moneys in the fund are insufficient to make payments in connection with the default of any loan insured under this part, the Commissioner is authorized to issue to the Secretary of the Treasury...
Page 22 - Where the amount of established claims against the Fund exceeds the aggregate amount of compensation payable under paragraph 4, the amount available shall be distributed in such a manner that the proportion between any established claim and the amount of compensation actually recovered by the claimant under the Liability Convention and this Convention shall be the same for all claimants.
Page 13 - Pollution damage" means loss or damage caused outside the ship carrying oil by contamination resulting from the escape or discharge of oil from the ship, wherever such escape or discharge may occur, and includes the costs of preventive measures and further loss or damage caused by preventive measures. 7. "Preventive measures" means any reasonable measures taken by any person after an incident has occurred to prevent or minimize pollution damage.