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Posted: 6/3/2010 1:04:30 PM EDT
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Quoted: Isnt this thing in international waters? ..I heard something the other day on the radio, the law has some type of name to it where if the spill happens on land the company is responsible, but if it happens at sea then the exeutive branch is responsible for the effort. TIA |
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Posted: 6/3/2010 1:05:52 PM EDT
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Yeah, but the oil pocket extends under the entire North American continent. |
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Posted: 6/3/2010 1:18:03 PM EDT
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how dare you question if the king has the powers. commerce clause what they use to regulate and grab there power all the time.
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Posted: 6/3/2010 2:34:42 PM EDT
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Isnt this thing in international waters?
..I heard something the other day on the radio, the law has some type of name to it where if the spill happens on land the company is responsible, but if it happens at sea then the exeutive branch is responsible for the effort. TIA Only for sailing, NOT for commerce. ETJ extends 200 miles for commercial fishing, drilling, whatever. Since the crap is washing up on our shores, I'm sure that lots of federal agencies under the executive branch already have authority to deal with it regardless of O's involvement. |
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Posted: 6/3/2010 2:39:36 PM EDT
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I've read that the clean water act gives the executive branch the authority to do a lot of things in a case like this, didn't really look into it any deeper than that though.
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Posted: 6/3/2010 2:42:11 PM EDT
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Actually, there are several laws which give the EPA jurisdiction over oil spills, both on land or at sea.
The Clean Water Act, Resource Conservation Recovery Act, and Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, to name a few. |
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Posted: 6/3/2010 2:49:12 PM EDT
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In 1994, the Feds were required to keep fire booms in the area in case of a spill.
Not only were there none in the area, they didn't even own one. http://blog.al.com/live/2010/05/fire_boom_oil_spill_raines.html |
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