US Oil Pollution Act 1990 (OPA 90)
An Overview on OPA 90 The US government brought into existence its own rules on double hull tankers under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA-90). OPA-90 came into existence after the infamous oil spill by the Exxon Valdez, which spilled approximately 10.9 million gallons of crude oil in Prince William Sound, Alaska in March…