US bill to address single-hll ship concerns

摘要

A US lawmaker said Jan 9 she plans to introduce legislation to advance the deadline for phasing out single-hull tankers in US waters to 2005 from the current deadline of 2015. Rep. Lois Capps (Democrat-California), citing the sinking of the single-hull tanker fuel oil off the Spanish coast in November, said "delay only increases the monumental risk to our economy and environment." An aide to Capps could not say when the bill would be introduced.