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On March 27, 2012, the U.S. District Court in New Orleans sentenced Ilios Shipping Company S.A. to a monetary penalty of $2 million in accordance with a plea agreement, for failing to maintain an oil record book, obstruction of justice, and submitting false documents to the Coast Guard
On November 14, 2011, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California accepted guilty pleas from Dianik Bross Shipping Corp., S.A. and Chief Engineer Vassili Samoilenko to charges relating to the failure to maintain an oil record book on the MV KOSTAS N
On November 2, 2011 in a same-day proceeding at the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, a Cyprus-based shipping company was charged and pled guilty to failing to maintain an oil record book and to making false statements in connection with the oil record book
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) exempted incidental vessel discharges in U.S. waters for more than 30 years under the Clean Water Act until 2009
