H.R. 5355 · 111th Congress
To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to repeal the limitation of liability of a responsible party for a discharge or substantial threat of a discharge of oil from an offshore oil facility.
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Raúl Grijalva
- Introduced
- 2010-05-20
- Latest action
- 2010-05-21 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Summary
Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to repeal the limitation on the liability (currently, the total of all removal costs plus $75 million) of the party responsible for an offshore facility, except a deepwater port, from which oil is discharged (or which poses a substantial threat of discharge) into or upon navigable waters or adjoining shorelines or the exclusive economic zone.