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Worldwide Review of Oil Spill Fines and Penalties. Environmental Research Consulting, Cortlandt Manor, NY. 158 pp. (Download PDF) .

17 Jun 2010 . Environmental Law Experts Tell Paper $20B Escrow Fund Could Be Dwarfed by Criminal Suit Costs.

1 May 2010 . The proper penalty for oil spills of this magnitude? That's easy. Death. Posted by: Anonymous at May 2, 2010 10:18:06 AM .

11 Jun 2010 . New oil spill estimates means crude likely to harm more wildlife, . Penalties can be levied against the company under a variety of .

29 Jun 2009 . Exxon agrees to pay interest on oil spill penalty.

15 Feb 2010 . The volume of the spill was estimated to be about 5 m³. The Border Guard issued to the shipping company a 22 588 € oil spill penalty fee. .

Petron Corp. and the owner of the sunken MT Solar I could be slapped millions of pesos in penalties over the massive oil spill near Guimaras Island, .

17 posts - 15 authors - Last post: 7 JunAccording to Reuters headlines, the White House has just announced that penalties for the oil spill will be in the "many billions of .

Topic: How would penalties apply to the Gulf oil spill . well on the sea floor of the Gulf of Mexico, companies linked to the spill, including BP Plc, .

3 May 2010 . When it first began the deep-water drilling project 15 months ago, BP gave assurances that “it is unlikely that an accidental oil spill .

The OPA also created the national Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, which is available . Finally, the OPA increased penalties for regulatory noncompliance, .

9 Jun 2010 . Factbox - Developments in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill . oil spill in U.S. history, threatened to impose new penalties on the company. .

Under federal law, you are required to report a fuel or oil spill, . If a spill is not handled as a warning or a ticket, next come civil penalties. .

$20 billion or a year of profits - Proposed oil spill penalty. published Thu, May 13 2010 15:00 GMT. Oil companies could be forced to give up a year's worth .

29 Apr 2009 . With the exception of the Exxon Valdez, the penalty collected is the largest civil oil spill penalty ever recovered by the state of Alaska. .

30 Jun 2010 . Vessels must not come within 20 meters of booming operations, boom, or oil spill response operations under penalty of law. .

15 Jan 2008 . "Oil spills can do significant damage to the environment, . Irving Oil Co. will pay a $55000 penalty for alleged violations at one of its .

20 May 2010 . Oil Spill Penalties Could Exceed Exxon Valdez - A Department of Justice Criminal Investigation into the BP Oil Spill could expose the Oil .

penalties can be up to $1100 per barrel of oil spilled in waterways but if negligence is found and proven, the fines can go up to as much as $4300 per .

The US Justice Department's criminal and civil investigation into the Gulf oil spill is the start of what promises to be a very long legal pro.

26 May 2010 . Gulf Oil Spill. A clause buried deep in the U.S. Clean Water Act could expose BP and others for civil penalties are not limited to a finite .

13 Jun 2010 . U.S. government threatens BP with additional penalties . . The spill began on April 20 after an oil rig exploded, killing 11 workers and .

25 May 2010 . Lawmakers are considering several proposals to change the law related to oil spill liability and penalties, including possible elimination .

26 May 2010 . The Act allows the government to seek civil penalties in court for every drop of oil that spills into U.S. navigable waters, including the .

30 Apr 2009 . “With the exception of the Exxon Valdez, the oil spill penalty collected today is the largest civil oil spill penalty ever recovered by the .

30 Jun 2010 . Guessing BP's ultimate liability for the worst oil spill in U.S. history has . . Last year, it agreed to a $50 million criminal penalty for .

For information on the oil spill from the Deepwater Horizon rig, . .. $6.5 million in civil penalties, and BP's establishment of a $15 million .

12 Apr 2010 . Queensland will increase its penalties for ships causing oil spills five-fold, threatening offenders with fines of up to $10 million. .

. $6.5 million in civil penalties, and BP's establishment of a $15 million . . queue The REAL REASON Behind the BP Oil Spill in the . 391165 views .

7 Jun 2010 . The federal Clean Water Act levies a $1100 civil penalty per barrel of oil spilled, Hester said, which has no cap. That rate increases to .

12 Jun 2010 . To raise penalty to make it more expensive will change the industry. Azwell said the impact of the oil spill on the environment can be .

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What's the appropriate penalty? posted on May 28, 2010, at 12:45 PM. How should BP pay for the oil spill in the Gulf? Photo: Flickr SEE ALL 7 PHOTOS .

Canadian refugees, fairness, UNECE, the oil spill, doctors' pay, cyberwar, . impose a reputational penalty in cases where the damaged party is related, .

4 May 2010 . Thumbnail image for oilspill.jpg. OIL -- The spill is getting worse and worse. . Will Judge Fine's death penalty hearing lead to anything? .

30 Jun 2010 . Guessing BP's ultimate liability for the worst oil spill in U.S. . .. Lawyers and analysts said a criminal penalty for BP could top the .

When juries award huge punitive damages against oil companies in the wake of a spill, they're often unaware of a simple fact: the companies can ease their .

5 May 2010. safety rules, and penalties for manipulating energy markets. . First, about this oil spill, BP won the rights to this lease at a .

3 Jun 2010 . It's virtually certain that BP and other companies involved in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill will face criminal charges and civil penalties .

28 May 2010. and clean up the mess, and another $4-$5 billion in penalties. . The BP oil spill will be worse. It has already contaminated more than .

21 Jul 2010 . The company did not have a secondary containment area for oil spills, as required by its spill prevention plan. .

Realizing the need for penalties, clean-up plans, and federal funding, . The Act also created the Federal Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for use when the .

photo taken from edu.au. What should be the penalties for oil spills? . The punishment should be cleaning up the oil spill and having .25% of their .

7 Jun 2010 . US government attempts to deflect blame on to company as break up of slick thwarts efforts to keep oil offshore.

13 Oct 2006 . Penalty proceeds will be deposited in Ecology's vessel response account, which helps pay state costs for responding to oil spills from .

14 Jun 2010 . BP Plc may lose control of its US oil and natural gas wells and be barred from doing business with the federal government as punishment for .

14 Jun 2010 . But the penalty can rise to $4300 a barrel if a federal court rules the spill . . Toxicity to freshwater organisms from oils and oil spill .

14 Jun 2010 . President Barack Obama and lawmakers are debating penalties that would . “The BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill raises several fundamental .

14 Jun 2010 . Civil penalties can be up to $1100 per barrel of oil spilled in waterways but if negligence is found and proven, the fines can go up to as .

8 Jul 2010 . The Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, has said it is not willing to cough out N15.4 billion as oil spill penalty since the spill in .

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