A Comparison of the Recovery of Compensation for Injury to Natural Resources under the 92 CLC and Fund Conventions with the U.S. Oil Pollution Act of 1990

摘要

As the title states, this paper will compare the approach of compensation for injury to natural resources caused by the discharge of oil under several international Conventions to which the U.S. is not a party and compensation under U.S. law. The Conventions are the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1992,1 The International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969,2 the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1992,3 and the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1971.4 For simplicity, the paper will focus on the current 1992 Conventions-the CLC and Fund Convention (collectively the "Conventions").