Guidance and best practices for achieving regulatory compliance.
In the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA90), there are many similarities among the three agencies with inland jurisdiction: the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the United States Coast Guard (USCG). However, there are also enough differences among them to create confusion Read more
How might enforcement shift under an administration perceived to favor deregulation and economic growth over tighter environmental oversight and legal action? As seen in OFFSHORE, www.offshore-mag.com BY DOUGLAS MARTIN, OPA90 Forum Presently, uncertainty exists about how federal authorities will exercise their enforcement powers over oil and gas/vessel casualties, and oil Read more
ICP Timelines – EPA, USCG, PHMSA Requirements By John Carroll III, Assoc. Managing Director, Witt O’Briens/Ambipar To fully take ownership and begin operations, companies acquiring new assets have a plethora of pre-and-post transaction due diligence requirements. That said, getting a product to market is priority one, and the reporting requirements Read more