Title: Liability for Environmental Contamination
Headings: Liability for Environmental Contamination
Liability for Environmental Contamination
Liability Under CERCLA
Defenses to Liability Under CERCLA
Recoverable Costs Under CERCLA
RCRA Cleanup Authorities
The Oil Pollution Act of 1990
Financial Responsibility Requirements
State Cleanup Laws

Content: 42 U.S.C. sec. 6924 (u). See also Section 12.2: Hazardous Wastes. The Oil Pollution Act of 1990
The OPA establishes a comprehensive liability scheme similar to CERCLA but applicable to discharges of oil. Any owner or operator (or other responsible party) of a vessel or facility from which oil is discharged, or which poses the substantial threat of a discharge of oil, into or upon navigable waters adjoining shorelines or the exclusive economic zone is liable up to a certain limit for certain specified removal costs and damages. 33 U.S.C. sec. 2702 (a). " Removal costs" mean any costs incurred by the federal, tribal, or state government under the CWA's oil spill response provisions, 33 U.S.C. sec. 1321, or under state law;