WORK TO BE DONE ON RESPONDER IMMUNITY IN 2013

摘要

The American Salvage Association (ASA), its members, and many in the response industry have been engaged in a coalition effort to work with Congress to gain support for an amendment to the current responder immunity provisions enacted by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 90). The current responder immunity provisions in OPA 90 have proven inadequate to protect responders from law suits-raising concerns on the potential liability responders could be exposed to in future incidents.