United States Oil Pollution Act of 1990

Running Head : Oil Pollution Act

United States Oil Pollution Act of 1990

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The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 was a response to concerns about effects of oil spillage in oceans . This paper discusses what this Act entails its history and the changing scenarios in pre and post enactment of the law . In addition , an analysis of the environmental problems addressed by the Act is made . At the end , recommendations on how this piece of legislation can be improved to further address

its intended goals are given

Introduction

The oil pollution act of 1990 was passed and signed into law by the 101st US congress and president Bush respectively in the year 1990 . Its core goal was to expand efforts aimed at mitigating and preventing oil spills of the United States coast and remove civil liabilities for any spill that occurs . In general , the law requires companies to have plans in place to prevent any possible spills and by extension a plan for containing and cleaning any spill by its vessels or other entities

This paper explores the origins of the particular legislation , its objectives , and the state before and after its coming into law of oil companies and the environment and lastly gives recommendations on what future adjustments should be made

Oil Pollution Act

As already stated , the Oil Pollution Act (OPA ) was put in place to minimize chances of a major oil spill happening on the waters of the US and to create...