Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund
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The Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund is a U.S. federal fund that provides money for oil spill cleanup and damages when responsible parties cannot or do not pay.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund canonical | 4 |
| 1986 Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund (not fully activated until OPA 90) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T241127 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund Context triple: [Oil Pollution Act of 1990, creates, Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund]
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A.
Oil Pollution Act
The Oil Pollution Act is a U.S. federal law that strengthens regulations and liability for oil spill prevention, response, and cleanup in American waters and shorelines.
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B.
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund) is a U.S. federal law that authorizes the federal government to identify, investigate, and clean up sites contaminated with hazardous substances and to hold responsible parties liable for the costs.
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C.
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is the United States’ large emergency stockpile of crude oil maintained to protect against major disruptions in oil supply and stabilize energy markets.
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D.
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement is a U.S. federal agency responsible for overseeing offshore energy operations to ensure safety, environmental protection, and conservation of resources on the Outer Continental Shelf.
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E.
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is a U.S. federal agency responsible for managing the development of the nation’s offshore energy and mineral resources in an environmentally and economically responsible way.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund Target entity description: The Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund is a U.S. federal fund that provides money for oil spill cleanup and damages when responsible parties cannot or do not pay.
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A.
Oil Pollution Act
The Oil Pollution Act is a U.S. federal law that strengthens regulations and liability for oil spill prevention, response, and cleanup in American waters and shorelines.
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B.
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund) is a U.S. federal law that authorizes the federal government to identify, investigate, and clean up sites contaminated with hazardous substances and to hold responsible parties liable for the costs.
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C.
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is the United States’ large emergency stockpile of crude oil maintained to protect against major disruptions in oil supply and stabilize energy markets.
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D.
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement is a U.S. federal agency responsible for overseeing offshore energy operations to ensure safety, environmental protection, and conservation of resources on the Outer Continental Shelf.
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E.
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is a U.S. federal agency responsible for managing the development of the nation’s offshore energy and mineral resources in an environmentally and economically responsible way.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
federal trust fund
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oil spill response fund ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
United States Coast Guard
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surface form:
U.S. Coast Guard
U.S. Coast Guard National Pollution Funds Center ⓘ |
| claimantsInclude |
federal agencies
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local governments ⓘ private parties ⓘ state governments ⓘ tribal governments ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| covers |
governmental response costs
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loss of profits and earning capacity ⓘ loss of subsistence use of natural resources ⓘ natural resource damages ⓘ property damage ⓘ removal costs ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Oil Pollution Act
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surface form:
Oil Pollution Act of 1990
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| currency |
US dollar
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surface form:
USD
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| effectiveFrom | 1990 ⓘ |
| fundingSource |
civil penalties
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cost recoveries from responsible parties ⓘ interest on invested funds ⓘ per-barrel tax on domestic crude oil and imported petroleum products ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
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surface form:
United States federal government
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| legalBasis |
Internal Revenue Code
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Oil Pollution Act ⓘ
surface form:
Oil Pollution Act of 1990
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| managedBy |
United States Coast Guard
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surface form:
U.S. Department of Homeland Security through the U.S. Coast Guard
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| oversightBy |
United States Congress
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surface form:
U.S. Congress
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| predecessor |
Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
1986 Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund (not fully activated until OPA 90)
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| purpose |
ensure prompt oil spill response when responsible parties are unable to pay
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ensure prompt oil spill response when responsible parties are unknown ⓘ ensure prompt oil spill response when responsible parties do not pay ⓘ provide funds for oil spill damages ⓘ provide funds for oil spill removal costs ⓘ |
| relatedLegislation | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ |
| riskAddressed |
oil pollution in adjoining shorelines
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oil pollution in navigable waters of the United States ⓘ oil pollution in the exclusive economic zone of the United States ⓘ |
| sector |
environmental protection
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maritime transportation ⓘ |
| statutoryLimitPerIncidentDescription | up to $1 billion per incident ⓘ |
| statutoryLimitPerIncidentUSD | 1000000000 ⓘ |
| subLimitRemovalCostsDescription | up to $500 million per incident for removal costs ⓘ |
| subLimitRemovalCostsUSD | 500000000 ⓘ |
| supportsAgency |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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United States Department of the Interior ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Department of the Interior
United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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| usedFor |
federal oil spill response
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payment of uncompensated claims for oil spill damages ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund Description of subject: The Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund is a U.S. federal fund that provides money for oil spill cleanup and damages when responsible parties cannot or do not pay.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Oil Pollution Act of 1990
subject surface form:
Oil Pollution Act of 1990
Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund
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predecessor
→
Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
1986 Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund (not fully activated until OPA 90)