The Energy Law

JANUARY 10, 2011

30, 2010), the Fifth Circuit reversed the district court’s finding of summary judgment on liability under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (“OPA”). As a result, a large amount of oil spilled from the barge into the river near New Orleans. Laurin Maritime (America), Inc. 2010 WL 5421015 (5th Cir.

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Factual Background In July of 2008, nearly 300,000 gallons of oil spilled into the Mississippi River in New Orleans when a tugboat towing an oil-filled barge veered across the river into the path of an ocean-going tanker. American Commercial Lines (“ACL”) owned the tug MEL OLIVER, and bareboat chartered its tug to DRD Towing.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 31, 2023

A Regulatory Increase to the Limits of Liability for Oil Pollution and an Amendment Exempting Small Passenger Vessels from the Limitation of Liability Act Present New Challenges for Vessel Owners U.S. First, the Coast Guard announced [1] increases to the liability limits in the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (“OPA”). [2]

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The Energy Law

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The Trustees for this incident include the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the U.S. Shortly after the incident, Kirby and the Natural Resource Trustees began assessing natural resource damages caused by the release. That it has taken nearly eight years to resolve the natural resource damages claim is fairly typical.

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ESA

JULY 12, 2021

Amid competing House and Senate proposals to increase funding levels for the National Science Foundation, the House Appropriations Committee released its fiscal year (FY) 2022 spending bill covering NSF, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA. The bill includes $9.63 billion for NSF, a 13% increase over last fiscal year.

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ESA

JUNE 28, 2021

Senators confirmed Richard Spinrad to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration by a voice vote. He served as NOAA’s chief scientist from 2014 and 2016 and has also led both NOAA’s Office of Atmospheric Research and the National Ocean Service. Marco Rubio (R-FL)’s South Florida Clean Coastal Waters Act ( S.

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