Oil Pollution Act

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United States federal statute

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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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Oil Pollution Act canonical	8
Oil Pollution Act of 1990	7

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ
administeredBy	United States Department of the Interior ⓘ surface form: Department of the Interior National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ⓘ United States Coast Guard ⓘ United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ
amends	Clean Water Act ⓘ
appliesTo	offshore facilities ⓘ onshore facilities ⓘ pipelines transporting oil ⓘ tank vessels ⓘ
authorizes	federal removal actions for oil discharges ⓘ natural resource damage assessments ⓘ
category	Environmental law in the United States ⓘ Oil spill prevention and response law ⓘ United States federal environmental legislation ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
creates	Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund ⓘ
dateSigned	1990-08-18 ⓘ
designates	federal on-scene coordinator for oil spill response ⓘ
enactedBy	101st United States Congress ⓘ
establishes	liability for economic damages from oil spills ⓘ liability for natural resource damages from oil spills ⓘ liability for oil spill removal costs ⓘ
imposes	strict liability on responsible parties for oil spills ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
primaryPurpose	oil spill cleanup ⓘ oil spill prevention ⓘ oil spill response ⓘ
protects	adjoining shorelines from oil pollution ⓘ exclusive economic zone of the United States from oil pollution ⓘ navigable waters of the United States from oil pollution ⓘ
publicLawNumber	Public Law 101-380 ⓘ
regulates	oil pollution in navigable waters of the United States ⓘ oil pollution on adjoining shorelines of the United States ⓘ
requires	contingency planning for oil spill response ⓘ financial responsibility for certain facilities handling oil ⓘ financial responsibility for vessels carrying oil ⓘ oil spill response plans for certain onshore facilities ⓘ oil spill response plans for certain vessels ⓘ
responseTo	Exxon Valdez oil spill ⓘ
setsLiabilityCap	statutory limits for certain oil spill damages ⓘ
shortName	OPA ⓘ Oil Pollution Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
signedBy	George H. W. Bush ⓘ
strengthens	federal authority over oil spill response ⓘ penalties for oil pollution violations ⓘ
yearEnacted	1990 ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States Environmental Protection Agency → enforces → Oil Pollution Act ⓘ

Oil Pollution Act → shortName → Oil Pollution Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Oil Pollution Act of 1990

Environment and Natural Resources Division → appliesLaw → Oil Pollution Act ⓘ

Office of Land and Emergency Management → regulatesUnderStatute → Oil Pollution Act ⓘ

Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund → legalBasis → Oil Pollution Act ⓘ