Oil Pollution Prevention and Response Act of 2009
Current understanding
A 2009 Senate bill that would have directed the Coast Guard to complete overdue oil-pollution and towing-vessel safety rulemakings, tighten oil-transfer and vessel inspection standards, and expand NOAA spill-response tools and prevention programs. It was introduced and referred to committee but did not advance, so none of its provisions took effect.
Evidence log
- 2008-04-10 — Marine Emergency Protocol and Hull Requirement Act of 2008: cross-connection with marine-emergency-protocol-hull-requirement-act-2008: Both proposals pair Coast Guard emergency/operational authority with fuel-oil containment rules on cargo vessels, with the 2008 bill’s double-hull fuel-tank requirement foreshadowing the 2009 act’s broader oil-pollution response framework. (novelty: 2)