To Establish a Comprehensive Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Law: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Environmental Pollution of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, Second Session on S. 2900 ... and Other Related Bills, April 17, 18, and May 24, 1978U.S. Government Printing Office, 1978 - 834 էջ |
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Էջ 397 - coast line" means the line of ordinary low water along that portion of the coast which is in direct contact with the open sea and the line marking the seaward limit of inland waters...
Էջ 422 - The presiding officer shall exclude, insofar as practicable, evidence which Is ImmaterIal. Irrelevant, or unduly repetitious, or which is not of the sort upon which responsIble persons are accustomed to rely. (2) Objections.
Էջ 397 - States, adjoining shorelines, or into or upon the waters of the contiguous zone, or (ii) 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 (including resources under the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976...
Էջ 396 - States other than submerged land ; (11) "offshore facility" means any facility of any kind located in, on, or under, any of the navigable waters of the United States, and...
Էջ 396 - ... discharge" includes, but is not limited to, any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying or dumping; (3) "vessel" means every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water other than a public vessel; (4) "public vessel...
Էջ 56 - State and the Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs...
Էջ 397 - States that there should be no discharges of oil or hazardous substances into or upon the navigable waters of the United 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 (including resources under the Fishery Conservation and...
Էջ 562 - Claims, that such discharge was caused solely by (A) an act of God, (B) an act of war, (C) negligence on the part of the United States Government, or (D) an act or omission of a third party without regard to whether such act or omission was or was not negligent, or of any combination of the foregoing clauses.
Էջ 396 - ... means the entire zone established or to be established by the United States under article 24 of the Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone ; (10) "onshore facility" means any facility (including, but not limited to, motor vehicles and rolling stock) of any kind located in, on, or under, any land within the United States other than submerged land ; (11) "offshore facility...
Էջ 732 - ... 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 l>eaches.