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Frustration Mounts As Oil Seeps Into Gulf Wetlands

Sunday, May 23, 2010


Directs the President to designate areas for Area Committees within six months after enactment of this Act. Sets deadlines for implementation of related measures.



Requires the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to ensure that vessels designed and built to replace buoy tenders are equipped with oil skimming systems that complement the vessels' primary mission of servicing navigation aids.



Requires the President to determine the quantities of oil and hazardous substances that may be harmful to the environment as well as to public health or welfare.



Permits the issuance of coastwise certificates to not-for-profit oil spill response cooperatives whose foreign ownership is not more than 50 percent.



http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d101:HR01465:@@@D&summ2=m&
About Gulf Oil Spill
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

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