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Oil Pollution Act Vessel Double-Hull Requirements

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  • 2008-04-10 — Marine Emergency Protocol and Hull Requirement Act of 2008: S.3406, the Marine Emergency Protocol and Hull Requirement Act of 2008 (referred to committee, never enacted), would have barred cargo ships carrying significant quantities of fuel oil from U.S. waters unless their fuel tanks were double-hulled, extending double-hull logic beyond cargo oil tanks to bunker fuel tanks. (novelty: 2)

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Marine Emergency Protocol and Hull Requirement Act of 2008
10-apr-2008 novelty 2 per-area 2 introduces

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