104 STAT. 484 PUBLIC LAW 101-380 —AUG. 18, 1990 Public Law 101-380 101st Congress An Act Aug. 18, 1990 [H.R. 1465] Oil Pollution Act of 1990. Maritime affairs. Environmental protection. 33 USC 2701 note. To establish limitations on liability for damages resulting from oil pollution, to establish a fund for the payment of compensation for such damages, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the "Oil Pollution Act of 1990". SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. The contents of this Act are as follows: TITLE I—OIL POLLUTION LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION Sec. 1001. Definitions. Sec. 1002. Elements of liability. Sec. 1003. Defenses to liability. Sec. 1004. Limits on liability. Sec. 1005. Interest. Sec. 1006. Natural resources. Sec. 1007. Recovery by foreign claimants. Sec. 1008. Recovery by responsible party. Sec. 1009. Contribution. Sec. 1010. Indemnification agreements. Sec. 1011. Consultation on removal actions. Sec. 1012. Uses of the Fund. Sec. 1013. Claims procedure. Sec. 1014. Designation of source and advertisement. Sec. 1015. Subrogation. Sec. 1016. Financial responsibility. Sec. 1017. Litigation, jurisdiction, and venue. Sec. 1018. Relationship to other law. Sec. 1019. State financial responsibility. Sec. 1020. Application. TITLE II—CONFORMING AMENDMENTS Sec. 2001. Intervention on the High Seas Act. Sec. 2002. Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Sec. 2003. Deepwater Port Act. Sec. 2004. Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978. TITLE III—INTERNATIONAL OIL POLLUTION PREVENTION AND REMOVAL Sec. 3001. Sense of Congress regarding participation in international regime. Sec. 3002. United States-Canada Great Lakes oil spill cooperation. Sec. 3003. United States-Canada Lake Champlain oil spill cooperation. Sec. 3004. International inventory of removal equipment and personnel. Sec. 3005. Negotiations with Canada concerning tug escorts in Puget Sound. TITLE IV—PREVENTION AND REMOVAL Subtitle A—Prevention Sec. 4101. Review of alcohol and drug abuse and other matters in issuing licenses, certificates of registry, and merchant mariners' documents. Sec. 4102. Term of licenses, certificates of registry, and merchant mariners' documents; criminal record reviews in renewals. Sec. 4103. Suspension and revocation of licenses, certificates of registry, and merchant mariners' documents for alcohol and drug abuse.
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