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Vessel General Permits
For over 30 years, vessels were excluded from United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) permit regulations that required permits for any “discharge of a pollutant” from a point source (a...
Read MoreTerrorism, Oil Spill, and Criminal Sanctions: The Hammer and the Anvil
The Water Quality Insurance Syndicate has offices in Lower Manhattan in New York City, and the events of September 11th remain vivid. However, in its aftermath it was difficult to...
Read MoreOil Spills and Criminal Sanctions: An Insurer’s Perspective
Criminal sanctions are an acceptable deterrent used to combat deliberate dumping of oil and other intentional environmental misconduct. Since insuring against intentional criminal acts is against public policy, pollution insurers...
Read MoreParticipation by Insurers in the Unified Command System of the United States
The introduction and adoption of the Unified Command System (“UCS”) /Incident Command System (“ICS”) under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-380, as amended) (“OPA ‘90″) has been...
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