Comprehensive Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Water Resources of the Committee on Public Works and Transportation, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 85 To Provide a Comprehensive System of Liability and Compensation for Oil-spill Damage and Removal Costs, and for Other Purposes, September 26, 1979U.S. Government Printing Office, 1979 - 459 páginas |
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Página 98 - States, adjoining shorelines, or into or upon the waters of the contiguous zone, or in connection with activities under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act or the Deepwater Port Act of 1974, or which may affect natural resources belonging to, appertaining to, or under the exclusive management authority of the United States...
Página 374 - The company will pay on behalf of the insured all sums which the insured shall become legally obligated to pay as damages because of bodily injury or property damage...
Página 202 - ... in any quantity into or upon the navigable waters of the United States or adjoining shorelines or the waters of the contiguous zone, present an imminent and substantial danger to the public health or welfare, including, but not limited to, fish, shellfish, wildlife, shorelines, and beaches.
Página 129 - It is the policy of the United States to use export controls (A) to the extent necessary to protect the domestic economy from the excessive drain of scarce materials and to reduce the serious inflationary impact of abnormal foreign demand...
Página 130 - President must make and publish an express finding that such exports will not diminish the total quantity or quality of petroleum available to the United States...
Página 99 - First, to reduce oil pollution caused by tanker accidents and by routine operational discharges from all vessels; Second, to improve our ability to deal swiftly and effectively with oil spills when they do occur ; and Third, to provide full and dependable compensation to victims of oil pollution damage.
Página 374 - B. property damage to which this insurance applies, caused by an occurrence, and the company shall have the right and duty to defend any suit against the insured seeking damages on account of such bodily injury or property damage...
Página 377 - Loss of profits or impairment of earning capacity due to injury or destruction of real or personal property or natural resources, including loss of subsistence hunting, fishing and gathering opportunities. (7) Loss of tax revenue for a period of one year due to injury to real or personal property.
Página 326 - Hazardous wastes are not the product of chemical industry activities alone. Rather, they are an integral by-product of our industrial society, and by-products of the daily life of every citizen. The problems associated with abandoned hazardous waste disposal sites reflect more than 100 years of industrial development in the Nation. Hazardous wastes have been and will continue to be generated by a wide range of industries, business concerns, government agencies and defense installations, municipalities,...
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