Federal Civil and Criminal Penalties Possibly Applicable to Parties Responsible for the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crime.

Environmental law.

America, Gulf of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (13 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2010.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Describes Federal civil administrative penalties, civil judicial penalties, and criminal penalties authorized by various statutes that may be applicable to parties responsible for BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill and related worker fatalities. Covers program statutes including the Clean Water Act, the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, the Oil Pollution Act, the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, and the Occupational Safety and Health Act. Lists several provisions in Federal penal code that are often used in prosecution of environmental crimes.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Sept. 2012). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress.Congressional Research Service. Federal Civil and Criminal Penalties Possibly Applicable to Parties Responsible for the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

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