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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... question . That convention , known as the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage is covered by the imple- menting language of title II of the bill that we will consider in these hearings . ( 1 ) While that ...
... question . That convention , known as the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage is covered by the imple- menting language of title II of the bill that we will consider in these hearings . ( 1 ) While that ...
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... question for the subcommittee , and ultimately for the Congress , is whether the concept of H.R. 9294 serves the purposes for which it was apparently drafted . There is no question that some legislation is necessary . At the present ...
... question for the subcommittee , and ultimately for the Congress , is whether the concept of H.R. 9294 serves the purposes for which it was apparently drafted . There is no question that some legislation is necessary . At the present ...
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... question , paid compensation for pollution damage , such person shall , up to the amount he has paid , acquire by subrogation the rights which the person so compensated would have enjoyed under titles II and III of this Act . ( b ) The ...
... question , paid compensation for pollution damage , such person shall , up to the amount he has paid , acquire by subrogation the rights which the person so compensated would have enjoyed under titles II and III of this Act . ( b ) The ...
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... question the need for a new agency headed by executive level officials and staffed with employees not subject to regular civil service and classification laws . We note that the Secretary of Transportation is presently administering the ...
... question the need for a new agency headed by executive level officials and staffed with employees not subject to regular civil service and classification laws . We note that the Secretary of Transportation is presently administering the ...
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... question whether use of the Consumer Price Index would be an appropriate method of adjusting the responsibilities set forth in H.R. 10756 because the items comprising the index do not necessarily cor- respond to the costs involved in ...
... question whether use of the Consumer Price Index would be an appropriate method of adjusting the responsibilities set forth in H.R. 10756 because the items comprising the index do not necessarily cor- respond to the costs involved in ...
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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.