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U.S. radiation monitoring of shipping traffic arriving in the United States after operating near Japan
- Blank Rome LLP
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- Japan, USA
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- April 7 2011
The powerful earthquake and devastating tsunami in Japan on March 11, 2011, which crippled nuclear power plants on Japan's east coast, have caused a growing concern over the potential radioactive contamination of vessels sailing in the vicinity of Japan
New notice of arrival requirements for Outer Continental Shelf Units
- Blank Rome LLP
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- USA
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- January 26 2011
On January 13, 2011 the U.S. Coast Guard issued a final rule (the “Final Rule”) to establish Notice of Arrival (“NOA”) requirements for “units” (i.e. U.S. and foreign flag vessels, floating facilities, and mobile offshore drilling units (“MODUs”)) engaging in Outer Continental Shelf (“OCS”) activities in order to enhance U.S. maritime domain safety and security awareness on the OCS
Ninth Circuit confirms California’s jurisdiction over vessel fuel standards out to 24 miles
- Blank Rome LLP
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- USA
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- April 13 2011
On March 28, 2011 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rejected an appeal by the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association ("PMSA"), a mutual benefit corporation comprised of owners and operators of U.S. and foreign-flag vessels, in which it sought to prevent the state of California from expanding its enforcement of vessel fuel standards to 24 miles, well beyond the state's traditional 3-mile territorial limit
Coast Guard formally agrees to assist EPA in the detection and reporting of deficiencies under EPA’s vessel general permit program
- Blank Rome LLP
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- USA
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- February 21 2011
On February 11, 2011, the Coast Guard and Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") entered into a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") outlining the steps the agencies will take to better coordinate efforts to implement and enforce the requirements of EPA's Vessel General Permit for Discharges Incidental to the Normal Operation of Vessels ("VGP"), which became effective on February 6, 2009
Deepwater Horizon good Samaritans stuck in litigation
- Blank Rome LLP
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- USA
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- September 28 2011
Immediately following the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon, emergency response vessels rushed to the rig to save lives and render assistance to those in peril
Coast Guard request for comments on mechanisms used by publicly traded Jones Act companies to prove citizenship following the Trico investigation
- Blank Rome LLP
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- USA
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- December 1 2011
On November 3, 2011 the Coast Guard published a Notice in the Federal Register (76 Fed. Reg. 68,203) requesting information regarding the mechanisms that publicly traded companies employ to ensure compliance with the U.S. citizenship requirements for U.S.-flag vessels with coastwise and fisheries endorsements (together referred to as “coastwise endorsements” in this advisory
Coast Guard seeks comments regarding OPA 90 claims procedures
- Blank Rome LLP
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- USA
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- November 15 2011
The Coast Guard issued a Notice of Inquiry ("NOI") on November 1, 2011 inviting the public to comment on the current Oil Pollution Act of 1990 ("OPA 90") claims procedures and whether certain pre-OPA 90 regulations should be removed
Only 45 days left&x2014;have you commented on EPA&x2019;s draft vessel general permit?
- Blank Rome LLP
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- USA
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- January 6 2012
On December 8, 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published two draft Vessel General Permits (“VGPs”) that would authorize discharges incidental to the normal operation of commercial vesselsone to replace the existing VGP currently in force (“2008 VGP”) and one that would apply to small vessels (“SVGP”), which are currently exempt from the 2008 VGP
Coast Guard issues final rule on ballast water management
- Blank Rome LLP
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- USA
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- April 24 2012
On March 23, 2012, the Coast Guard issued a long awaited Final Rule, Standards for Living Organisms in Ships’ Ballast Water Discharged in U.S. Waters, amending the existing ballast water management (“BWM”) regulations and creating a standard for the allowable concentration of living organisms in ballast water discharged in U.S. waters consistent with the International Maritime Organization’s International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments (“BWM Convention”
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement issues new requirements and policies addressing offshore drilling and related activities
- Blank Rome LLP
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- USA
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- September 7 2012
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (“BSEE”) issued three significant documents addressing response, enforcement, and safety issues related to offshore operations in August 2012
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