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States that neither Star Tankers International Ltd. nor Cooper/Jeffries Energy Corporation have greater potential liability under the Oil Pollution Act as their maximum liability is equal

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Page 859 TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS § 2704
Editorial Notes 
REFERENCES IN TEXT 
The Intervention on the High Seas Act, referred to in 
subsec. (c)(3), is Pub. L. 93–248, Feb. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 8, 
which is classified generally to chapter 28 (§ 1471 et seq.) 
of this title. For complete classification of this Act to 
the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 
1471 of this title and Tables. 
This Act, referred to in subsec. (d)(5), (6), is Pub. L. 
101–380, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 484, known as the Oil 
Pollution Act of 1990, which is classified principally to 
this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to 
the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 
2701 of this title and Tables. 
A
MENDMENTS 
2018—Subsec. (d)(5). Pub. L. 115–232 inserted ‘‘section’’ 
before ‘‘2702(a)’’. 
2004—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 108–293 added subsec. (d). 
§ 2704. Limits on liability 
(a) General rule 
Except as otherwise provided in this section, 
the total of the liability of a responsible party 
under section 2702 of this title and any removal 
costs incurred by, or on behalf of, the respon -
sible party, with respect to each incident shall 
not exceed—
(1) for a tank vessel the greater of—
(A) with respect to a single-hull vessel, in -
cluding a single-hull vessel fitted with dou -
ble sides only or a double bottom only, $3,000 
per gross ton; 
(B) with respect to a vessel other than a 
vessel referred to in subparagraph (A), $1,900 
per gross ton; or 
(C)(i) with respect to a vessel greater than 
3,000 gross tons that is—
(I) a vessel described in subparagraph 
(A), $22,000,000; or 
(II) a vessel described in subparagraph 
(B), $16,000,000; or
(ii) with respect to a vessel of 3,000 gross 
tons or less that is—
(I) a vessel described in subparagraph 
(A), $6,000,000; or 
(II) a vessel described in subparagraph 
(B), $4,000,000;
(2) for any other vessel, $950 per gross ton or 
$800,000, whichever is greater; 
(3) for an offshore facility except a deep -
water port, the total of all removal costs plus 
$75,000,000; and 
(4) for any onshore facility and a deepwater 
port, $350,000,000. 
(b) Division of liability for mobile offshore drill -
ing units 
(1) Treated first as tank vessel 
For purposes of determining the responsible 
party and applying this Act and except as pro -
vided in paragraph (2), a mobile offshore drill -
ing unit which is being used as an offshore fa -
cility is deemed to be a tank vessel with re -
spect to the discharge, or the substantial 
threat of a discharge, of oil on or above the 
surface of the water. 
(2) Treated as facility for excess liability 
To the extent that removal costs and dam -
ages from any incident described in paragraph 
(1) exceed the amount for which a responsible 
party is liable (as that amount may be limited 
under subsection (a)(1)), the mobile offshore 
drilling unit is deemed to be an offshore facil -
ity. For purposes of applying subsection (a)(3), 
the amount specified in that subsection shall 
be reduced by the amount for which the re -
sponsible party is liable under paragraph (1). 
(c) Exceptions 
(1) Acts of responsible party 
Subsection (a) does not apply if the incident 
was proximately caused by—
(A) gross negligence or willful misconduct 
of, or 
(B) the violation of an applicable Federal 
safety, construction, or operating regulation 
by,
the responsible party, an agent or employee of 
the responsible party, or a person acting pur -
suant to a contractual relationship with the 
responsible party (except where the sole con -
tractual arrangement arises in connection 
with carriage by a common carrier by rail). 
(2) Failure or refusal of responsible party 
Subsection (a) does not apply if the respon -
sible party fails or refuses—
(A) to report the incident as required by 
law and the responsible party knows or has 
reason to know of the incident; 
(B) to provide all reasonable cooperation 
and assistance requested by a responsible of -
ficial in connection with removal activities; 
or 
(C) without sufficient cause, to comply 
with an order issued under subsection (c) or 
(e) of section 1321 of this title or the Inter -
vention on the High Seas Act (33 U.S.C. 1471 
et seq.). 
(3) OCS facility or vessel 
Notwithstanding the limitations established 
under subsection (a) and the defenses of sec -
tion 2703 of this title, all removal costs in -
curred by the United States Government or 
any State or local official or agency in connec-
tion with a discharge or substantial threat of 
a discharge of oil from any Outer Continental 
Shelf facility or a vessel carrying oil as cargo 
from such a facility shall be borne by the 
owner or operator of such facility or vessel. 
(4) Certain tank vessels 
Subsection (a)(1) shall not apply to—
(A) a tank vessel on which the only oil car-
ried as cargo is an animal fat or vegetable 
oil, as those terms are used in section 2720 of 
this title; and 
(B) a tank vessel that is designated in its 
certificate of inspection as an oil spill re -
sponse vessel (as that term is defined in sec -
tion 2101 of title 46) and that is used solely 
for removal. 
(d) Adjusting limits of liability 
(1) Onshore facilities 
Subject to paragraph (2), the President may 
establish by regulation, with respect to any 
class or category of onshore facility, a limit of 
liability under this section of less than 
$350,000,000, but not less than $8,000,000, taking 

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Page 860TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS§ 2704
into account size, storage capacity, oil 
throughput, proximity to sensitive areas, type 
of oil handled, history of discharges, and other 
factors relevant to risks posed by the class or 
category of facility. 
(2) Deepwater ports and associated vessels 
(A) Study 
The Secretary shall conduct a study of the 
relative operational and environmental risks 
posed by the transportation of oil by vessel 
to deepwater ports (as defined in section 1502 
of this title) versus the transportation of oil 
by vessel to other ports. The study shall in -
clude a review and analysis of offshore 
lightering practices used in connection with 
that transportation, an analysis of the vol -
ume of oil transported by vessel using those 
practices, and an analysis of the frequency 
and volume of oil discharges which occur in 
connection with the use of those practices. 
(B) Report 
Not later than 1 year after August 18, 1990, 
the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a 
report on the results of the study conducted 
under subparagraph (A). 
(C) Rulemaking proceeding 
If the Secretary determines, based on the 
results of the study conducted under sub -
paragraph (A), that the use of deepwater 
ports in connection with the transportation 
of oil by vessel results in a lower operational 
or environmental risk than the use of other 
ports, the Secretary shall initiate, not later 
than the 180th day following the date of sub -
mission of the report to the Congress under 
subparagraph (B), a rulemaking proceeding 
to lower the limits of liability under this 
section for deepwater ports as the Secretary 
determines appropriate. The Secretary may 
establish a limit of liability of less than 
$350,000,000, but not less than $50,000,000, in 
accordance with paragraph (1). 
(3) Periodic reports 
The President shall, within 6 months after 
August 18, 1990, and from time to time there -
after, report to the Congress on the desir -
ability of adjusting the limits of liability spec-
ified in subsection (a). 
(4) Adjustment to reflect Consumer Price Index 
The President, by regulations issued not 
later than 3 years after July 11, 2006, and not 
less than every 3 years thereafter, shall adjust 
the limits on liability specified in subsection 
(a) to reflect significant increases in the Con -
sumer Price Index. 
(Pub. L. 101–380, title I, § 1004, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 
Stat. 491; Pub. L. 104–55, § 2(d)(1), Nov. 20, 1995, 
109 Stat. 546; Pub. L. 105–383, title IV, § 406, Nov. 
13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3429; Pub. L. 109–241, title VI, 
§ 603(a)(1), (2), (b), July 11, 2006, 120 Stat. 553, 554; 
Pub. L. 111–281, title IX, § 903(a)(2), (e)(1), Oct. 15, 
2010, 124 Stat. 3010, 3011; Pub. L. 115–232, div. C, 
title XXXV, § 3547(c), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 
2328.)
Editorial Notes 
REFERENCES IN TEXT 
This Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), is Pub. L. 
101–380, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 484, known as the Oil 
Pollution Act of 1990, which is classified principally to 
this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to 
the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 
2701 of this title and Tables. 
The Intervention on the High Seas Act, referred to in 
subsec. (c)(2)(C), is Pub. L. 93–248, Feb. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 
8, which is classified generally to chapter 28 (§ 1471 et 
seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this 
Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under sec -
tion 1471 of this title and Tables. 
A
MENDMENTS 
2018—Subsec. (d)(2)(C). Pub. L. 115–232 substituted 
‘‘under subparagraph (A)’’ for ‘‘under this subparagraph 
(A)’’. 
2010—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 111–281, § 903(e)(1), struck 
out first comma after ‘‘$800,000’’. 
Pub. L. 111–281, § 903(a)(2), made technical amendment 
to directory language of Pub. L. 109–241, § 603(a)(2). See 
2006 Amendment note below. 
2006—Subsec. (a)(1)(A) to (C). Pub. L. 109–241, 
§ 603(a)(1), added subpars. (A) to (C) and struck out 
former subpars. (A) and (B), which read as follows: 
‘‘(A) $1,200 per gross ton; or 
‘‘(B)(i) in the case of a vessel greater than 3,000 gross 
tons, $10,000,000; or 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a vessel of 3,000 gross tons or less, 
$2,000,000;’’. 
Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 109–241, § 603(a)(2), as amended 
by Pub. L. 111–281, § 903(a)(2), substituted ‘‘$950 per gross 
ton’’ for ‘‘$600 per gross ton’’ and ‘‘$800,000,’’ for 
‘‘$500,000’’. 
Subsec. (d)(4). Pub. L. 109–241, § 603(b), amended head -
ing and text of par. (4) generally. Prior to amendment, 
text read as follows: ‘‘The President shall, by regula -
tions issued not less often than every 3 years, adjust 
the limits of liability specified in subsection (a) to re -
flect significant increases in the Consumer Price 
Index.’’
1998—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 105–383, § 406(1), sub -
stituted comma for ‘‘(except a tank vessel on which the 
only oil carried as cargo is an animal fat or vegetable 
oil, as those terms are used in section 2720 of this 
title)’’ after ‘‘tank vessel’’. 
Subsec. (c)(4). Pub. L. 105–383, § 406(2), added par. (4). 
1995—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 104–55 substituted ‘‘for a 
tank vessel (except a tank vessel on which the only oil 
carried as cargo is an animal fat or vegetable oil, as 
those terms are used in section 2720 of this title)’’ for 
‘‘for a tank vessel,’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries 
E
FFECTIVE DATE OF 2010 A MENDMENT 
Pub. L. 111–281, title IX, § 903(a), Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 
3010, provided that the amendment by section 903(a)(2) 
is effective with enactment of Pub. L. 109–241. 
E
FFECTIVE DATE OF 2006 A MENDMENT 
Pub. L. 109–241, title VI, § 603(a)(3), July 11, 2006, 120 
Stat. 554, provided that: ‘‘In the case of an incident oc -
curring before the 90th day following the date of enact -
ment of this Act [July 11, 2006], section 1004(a)(1) of the 
Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2704(a)(1)) shall 
apply as in effect immediately before the effective date 
of this subsection [July 11, 2006].’’
R
EPORT 
Pub. L. 109–241, title VI, § 603(c), July 11, 2006, 120 
Stat. 554, as amended by Pub. L. 114–120, title VI, 
§ 601(b), Feb. 8, 2016, 130 Stat. 79, provided that: 
‘‘(1) I
NITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 45 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act [July 11, 2006], the Sec -

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Page 861 TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS § 2705
retary of the department in which the Coast Guard is 
operating shall submit a report on liability limits de -
scribed in paragraph (2) to the Committee on Com -
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 
the House of Representatives. 
‘‘(2) C
ONTENTS.—The report shall include, at a min -
imum, the following: 
‘‘(A) An analysis of the extent to which oil dis -
charges from vessels and nonvessel sources have or 
are likely to result in removal costs and damages (as 
defined in section 1001 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 
(33 U.S.C. 2701)) for which no defense to liability ex -
ists under section 1003 of such Act [33 U.S.C. 2703] and 
that exceed the liability limits established in section 
1004 of such Act [33 U.S.C. 2704], as amended by this 
section. 
‘‘(B) An analysis of the impacts that claims against 
the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for amounts ex -
ceeding such liability limits will have on the Fund. 
‘‘(C) Based on analyses under this paragraph and 
taking into account other factors impacting the 
Fund, recommendations on whether the liability lim -
its need to be adjusted in order to prevent the prin -
cipal of the Fund from declining to levels that are 
likely to be insufficient to cover expected claims. 
‘‘(3) A
NNUAL UPDATES .—The Secretary shall provide 
an update of the report to the Committees referred to 
in paragraph (1) not later than January 30 of the year 
following each year in which occurs an oil discharge 
from a vessel or nonvessel source that results or is like-
ly to result in removal costs and damages (as those 
terms are defined in section 1001 of the Oil Pollution 
Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701)) that exceed liability limits 
established under section 1004 of the Oil Pollution Act 
of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2704).’’
Executive Documents 
D
ELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS 
For delegation of functions of President under subsec. 
(d) of this section, see section 4 of Ex. Ord. No. 12777, 
set out as a note under section 1321 of this title. 
§ 2705. Interest; partial payment of claims 
(a) General rule 
The responsible party or the responsible par -
ty’s guarantor is liable to a claimant for inter -
est on the amount paid in satisfaction of a claim 
under this Act for the period described in sub -
section (b). The responsible party shall establish 
a procedure for the payment or settlement of 
claims for interim, short-term damages. Pay -
ment or settlement of a claim for interim, 
short-term damages representing less than the 
full amount of damages to which the claimant 
ultimately may be entitled shall not preclude 
recovery by the claimant for damages not re -
flected in the paid or settled partial claim. 
(b) Period 
(1) In general 
Except as provided in paragraph (2), the pe -
riod for which interest shall be paid is the pe -
riod beginning on the 30th day following the 
date on which the claim is presented to the re -
sponsible party or guarantor and ending on 
the date on which the claim is paid. 
(2) Exclusion of period due to offer by guar -
antor 
If the guarantor offers to the claimant an 
amount equal to or greater than that finally 
paid in satisfaction of the claim, the period de-
scribed in paragraph (1) does not include the 
period beginning on the date the offer is made 
and ending on the date the offer is accepted. If 
the offer is made within 60 days after the date 
on which the claim is presented under section 
2713(a) of this title, the period described in 
paragraph (1) does not include any period be -
fore the offer is accepted. 
(3) Exclusion of periods in interests of justice 
If in any period a claimant is not paid due to 
reasons beyond the control of the responsible 
party or because it would not serve the inter -
ests of justice, no interest shall accrue under 
this section during that period. 
(4) Calculation of interest 
(A) In general 
The interest paid for claims, other than 
Federal Government cost recovery claims, 
under this section shall be calculated at the 
average of the highest rate for commercial 
and finance company paper of maturities of 
180 days or less obtaining on each of the days 
included within the period for which interest 
must be paid to the claimant, as published 
in the Federal Reserve Bulletin. 
(B) Federal cost recovery claims 
The interest paid for Federal Government 
cost recovery claims under this section shall 
be calculated in accordance with section 3717 
of title 31. 
(5) Interest not subject to liability limits 
(A) In general 
Interest (including prejudgment interest) 
under this paragraph is in addition to dam -
ages and removal costs for which claims 
may be asserted under section 2702 of this 
title and shall be paid without regard to any 
limitation of liability under section 2704 of 
this title. 
(B) Payment by guarantor 
The payment of interest under this sub -
section by a guarantor is subject to section 
2716(g) of this title. 
(Pub. L. 101–380, title I, § 1005, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 
Stat. 493; Pub. L. 104–324, title XI, § 1142(a), Oct. 
19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3991; Pub. L. 117–263, div. K, 
title CXIII, § 11311, Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 4086.)
Editorial Notes 
REFERENCES IN TEXT 
This Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 101–380, 
Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 484, as amended, known as the 
Oil Pollution Act of 1990, which is classified principally 
to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act 
to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 
2701 of this title and Tables. 
A
MENDMENTS 
2022—Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 117–263 designated exist -
ing provisions as subpar. (A) and inserted heading, sub -
stituted ‘‘The interest paid for claims, other than Fed -
eral Government cost recovery claims,’’ for ‘‘The inter -
est paid’’, and added subpar. (B). 
1996—Pub. L. 104–324, § 1142(a)(1), inserted ‘‘; partial 
payment of claims’’ after ‘‘Interest’’ in section catch -
line. 
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–324, § 1142(a)(2), inserted at 
end ‘‘The responsible party shall establish a procedure 

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  [body.p.0.r.0]: Tanker Strikes Anchor, Spills Oil in Ohio River

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  [body.p.1.r.0] (italic): Chagrin Falls, OH – November 27, 2024

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  [body.p.2.r.0]: Authorities reported that the oil tanker M/V Red Room struck a submerged, uncharted anchor while preparing to dock near the Black Lodge Petroleum Logistics (BLPL) oil refinery on the Ohio River. The incident occurred close to 
  [body.p.2.r.1]: New Jersey, 
  [body.p.2.r.2]: puncturing the ship’s hull and spilling nearly 180,000 gallons of crude oil into the river and its tributaries.

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  [body.p.3.r.0]: Emergency crews rushed to contain the rapidly spreading oil slick, which has impacted roughly 280 miles of shoreline across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. The U.S. Coast Guard closed the busy shipping lane for over a week, delaying commercial traffic and threatening local economies.

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  [body.p.4.r.0]: Wildlife and environmental officials are assessing the damage as oil washed ashore in sensitive wetland areas and poisoned local fish and bird habitats. Early estimates indicated the cleanup and restoration would cost over $166 million, with federal funds and shipowner insurance expected to cover most expenses. Legal wrangling has already begun between BLPL, the vessel’s operator, and the ship’s owner, Cooper/Jeffries over who will ultimately bear the financial burden for the disaster.​

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  [body.p.5.r.0]: Cleanup operations and long-term restoration projects are expected to continue for months as authorities strive to repair environmental damage and restore public confidence in river safety.

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Page 859 TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS § 2704
Editorial Notes 
REFERENCES IN TEXT 
The Intervention on the High Seas Act, referred to in 
subsec. (c)(3), is Pub. L. 93–248, Feb. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 8, 
which is classified generally to chapter 28 (§ 1471 et seq.) 
of this title. For complete classification of this Act to 
the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 
1471 of this title and Tables. 
This Act, referred to in subsec. (d)(5), (6), is Pub. L. 
101–380, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 484, known as the Oil 
Pollution Act of 1990, which is classified principally to 
this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to 
the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 
2701 of this title and Tables. 
A
MENDMENTS 
2018—Subsec. (d)(5). Pub. L. 115–232 inserted ‘‘section’’ 
before ‘‘2702(a)’’. 
2004—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 108–293 added subsec. (d). 
§ 2704. Limits on liability 
(a) General rule 
Except as otherwise provided in this section, 
the total of the liability of a responsible party 
under section 2702 of this title and any removal 
costs incurred by, or on behalf of, the respon -
sible party, with respect to each incident shall 
not exceed—
(1) for a tank vessel the greater of—
(A) with respect to a single-hull vessel, in -
cluding a single-hull vessel fitted with dou -
ble sides only or a double bottom only, $3,000 
per gross ton; 
(B) with respect to a vessel other than a 
vessel referred to in subparagraph (A), $1,900 
per gross ton; or 
(C)(i) with respect to a vessel greater than 
3,000 gross tons that is—
(I) a vessel described in subparagraph 
(A), $22,000,000; or 
(II) a vessel described in subparagraph 
(B), $16,000,000; or
(ii) with respect to a vessel of 3,000 gross 
tons or less that is—
(I) a vessel described in subparagraph 
(A), $6,000,000; or 
(II) a vessel described in subparagraph 
(B), $4,000,000;
(2) for any other vessel, $950 per gross ton or 
$800,000, whichever is greater; 
(3) for an offshore facility except a deep -
water port, the total of all removal costs plus 
$75,000,000; and 
(4) for any onshore facility and a deepwater 
port, $350,000,000. 
(b) Division of liability for mobile offshore drill -
ing units 
(1) Treated first as tank vessel 
For purposes of determining the responsible 
party and applying this Act and except as pro -
vided in paragraph (2), a mobile offshore drill -
ing unit which is being used as an offshore fa -
cility is deemed to be a tank vessel with re -
spect to the discharge, or the substantial 
threat of a discharge, of oil on or above the 
surface of the water. 
(2) Treated as facility for excess liability 
To the extent that removal costs and dam -
ages from any incident described in paragraph 
(1) exceed the amount for which a responsible 
party is liable (as that amount may be limited 
under subsection (a)(1)), the mobile offshore 
drilling unit is deemed to be an offshore facil -
ity. For purposes of applying subsection (a)(3), 
the amount specified in that subsection shall 
be reduced by the amount for which the re -
sponsible party is liable under paragraph (1). 
(c) Exceptions 
(1) Acts of responsible party 
Subsection (a) does not apply if the incident 
was proximately caused by—
(A) gross negligence or willful misconduct 
of, or 
(B) the violation of an applicable Federal 
safety, construction, or operating regulation 
by,
the responsible party, an agent or employee of 
the responsible party, or a person acting pur -
suant to a contractual relationship with the 
responsible party (except where the sole con -
tractual arrangement arises in connection 
with carriage by a common carrier by rail). 
(2) Failure or refusal of responsible party 
Subsection (a) does not apply if the respon -
sible party fails or refuses—
(A) to report the incident as required by 
law and the responsible party knows or has 
reason to know of the incident; 
(B) to provide all reasonable cooperation 
and assistance requested by a responsible of -
ficial in connection with removal activities; 
or 
(C) without sufficient cause, to comply 
with an order issued under subsection (c) or 
(e) of section 1321 of this title or the Inter -
vention on the High Seas Act (33 U.S.C. 1471 
et seq.). 
(3) OCS facility or vessel 
Notwithstanding the limitations established 
under subsection (a) and the defenses of sec -
tion 2703 of this title, all removal costs in -
curred by the United States Government or 
any State or local official or agency in connec-
tion with a discharge or substantial threat of 
a discharge of oil from any Outer Continental 
Shelf facility or a vessel carrying oil as cargo 
from such a facility shall be borne by the 
owner or operator of such facility or vessel. 
(4) Certain tank vessels 
Subsection (a)(1) shall not apply to—
(A) a tank vessel on which the only oil car-
ried as cargo is an animal fat or vegetable 
oil, as those terms are used in section 2720 of 
this title; and 
(B) a tank vessel that is designated in its 
certificate of inspection as an oil spill re -
sponse vessel (as that term is defined in sec -
tion 2101 of title 46) and that is used solely 
for removal. 
(d) Adjusting limits of liability 
(1) Onshore facilities 
Subject to paragraph (2), the President may 
establish by regulation, with respect to any 
class or category of onshore facility, a limit of 
liability under this section of less than 
$350,000,000, but not less than $8,000,000, taking 

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Page 860TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS§ 2704
into account size, storage capacity, oil 
throughput, proximity to sensitive areas, type 
of oil handled, history of discharges, and other 
factors relevant to risks posed by the class or 
category of facility. 
(2) Deepwater ports and associated vessels 
(A) Study 
The Secretary shall conduct a study of the 
relative operational and environmental risks 
posed by the transportation of oil by vessel 
to deepwater ports (as defined in section 1502 
of this title) versus the transportation of oil 
by vessel to other ports. The study shall in -
clude a review and analysis of offshore 
lightering practices used in connection with 
that transportation, an analysis of the vol -
ume of oil transported by vessel using those 
practices, and an analysis of the frequency 
and volume of oil discharges which occur in 
connection with the use of those practices. 
(B) Report 
Not later than 1 year after August 18, 1990, 
the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a 
report on the results of the study conducted 
under subparagraph (A). 
(C) Rulemaking proceeding 
If the Secretary determines, based on the 
results of the study conducted under sub -
paragraph (A), that the use of deepwater 
ports in connection with the transportation 
of oil by vessel results in a lower operational 
or environmental risk than the use of other 
ports, the Secretary shall initiate, not later 
than the 180th day following the date of sub -
mission of the report to the Congress under 
subparagraph (B), a rulemaking proceeding 
to lower the limits of liability under this 
section for deepwater ports as the Secretary 
determines appropriate. The Secretary may 
establish a limit of liability of less than 
$350,000,000, but not less than $50,000,000, in 
accordance with paragraph (1). 
(3) Periodic reports 
The President shall, within 6 months after 
August 18, 1990, and from time to time there -
after, report to the Congress on the desir -
ability of adjusting the limits of liability spec-
ified in subsection (a). 
(4) Adjustment to reflect Consumer Price Index 
The President, by regulations issued not 
later than 3 years after July 11, 2006, and not 
less than every 3 years thereafter, shall adjust 
the limits on liability specified in subsection 
(a) to reflect significant increases in the Con -
sumer Price Index. 
(Pub. L. 101–380, title I, § 1004, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 
Stat. 491; Pub. L. 104–55, § 2(d)(1), Nov. 20, 1995, 
109 Stat. 546; Pub. L. 105–383, title IV, § 406, Nov. 
13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3429; Pub. L. 109–241, title VI, 
§ 603(a)(1), (2), (b), July 11, 2006, 120 Stat. 553, 554; 
Pub. L. 111–281, title IX, § 903(a)(2), (e)(1), Oct. 15, 
2010, 124 Stat. 3010, 3011; Pub. L. 115–232, div. C, 
title XXXV, § 3547(c), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 
2328.)
Editorial Notes 
REFERENCES IN TEXT 
This Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), is Pub. L. 
101–380, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 484, known as the Oil 
Pollution Act of 1990, which is classified principally to 
this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to 
the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 
2701 of this title and Tables. 
The Intervention on the High Seas Act, referred to in 
subsec. (c)(2)(C), is Pub. L. 93–248, Feb. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 
8, which is classified generally to chapter 28 (§ 1471 et 
seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this 
Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under sec -
tion 1471 of this title and Tables. 
A
MENDMENTS 
2018—Subsec. (d)(2)(C). Pub. L. 115–232 substituted 
‘‘under subparagraph (A)’’ for ‘‘under this subparagraph 
(A)’’. 
2010—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 111–281, § 903(e)(1), struck 
out first comma after ‘‘$800,000’’. 
Pub. L. 111–281, § 903(a)(2), made technical amendment 
to directory language of Pub. L. 109–241, § 603(a)(2). See 
2006 Amendment note below. 
2006—Subsec. (a)(1)(A) to (C). Pub. L. 109–241, 
§ 603(a)(1), added subpars. (A) to (C) and struck out 
former subpars. (A) and (B), which read as follows: 
‘‘(A) $1,200 per gross ton; or 
‘‘(B)(i) in the case of a vessel greater than 3,000 gross 
tons, $10,000,000; or 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a vessel of 3,000 gross tons or less, 
$2,000,000;’’. 
Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 109–241, § 603(a)(2), as amended 
by Pub. L. 111–281, § 903(a)(2), substituted ‘‘$950 per gross 
ton’’ for ‘‘$600 per gross ton’’ and ‘‘$800,000,’’ for 
‘‘$500,000’’. 
Subsec. (d)(4). Pub. L. 109–241, § 603(b), amended head -
ing and text of par. (4) generally. Prior to amendment, 
text read as follows: ‘‘The President shall, by regula -
tions issued not less often than every 3 years, adjust 
the limits of liability specified in subsection (a) to re -
flect significant increases in the Consumer Price 
Index.’’
1998—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 105–383, § 406(1), sub -
stituted comma for ‘‘(except a tank vessel on which the 
only oil carried as cargo is an animal fat or vegetable 
oil, as those terms are used in section 2720 of this 
title)’’ after ‘‘tank vessel’’. 
Subsec. (c)(4). Pub. L. 105–383, § 406(2), added par. (4). 
1995—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 104–55 substituted ‘‘for a 
tank vessel (except a tank vessel on which the only oil 
carried as cargo is an animal fat or vegetable oil, as 
those terms are used in section 2720 of this title)’’ for 
‘‘for a tank vessel,’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries 
E
FFECTIVE DATE OF 2010 AMENDMENT 
Pub. L. 111–281, title IX, § 903(a), Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 
3010, provided that the amendment by section 903(a)(2) 
is effective with enactment of Pub. L. 109–241. 
E
FFECTIVE DATE OF 2006 AMENDMENT 
Pub. L. 109–241, title VI, § 603(a)(3), July 11, 2006, 120 
Stat. 554, provided that: ‘‘In the case of an incident oc -
curring before the 90th day following the date of enact -
ment of this Act [July 11, 2006], section 1004(a)(1) of the 
Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2704(a)(1)) shall 
apply as in effect immediately before the effective date 
of this subsection [July 11, 2006].’’
R
EPORT 
Pub. L. 109–241, title VI, § 603(c), July 11, 2006, 120 
Stat. 554, as amended by Pub. L. 114–120, title VI, 
§ 601(b), Feb. 8, 2016, 130 Stat. 79, provided that: 
‘‘(1) I
NITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 45 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act [July 11, 2006], the Sec -

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retary of the department in which the Coast Guard is 
operating shall submit a report on liability limits de -
scribed in paragraph (2) to the Committee on Com -
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 
the House of Representatives. 
‘‘(2) C
ONTENTS.—The report shall include, at a min -
imum, the following: 
‘‘(A) An analysis of the extent to which oil dis -
charges from vessels and nonvessel sources have or 
are likely to result in removal costs and damages (as 
defined in section 1001 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 
(33 U.S.C. 2701)) for which no defense to liability ex -
ists under section 1003 of such Act [33 U.S.C. 2703] and 
that exceed the liability limits established in section 
1004 of such Act [33 U.S.C. 2704], as amended by this 
section. 
‘‘(B) An analysis of the impacts that claims against 
the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for amounts ex -
ceeding such liability limits will have on the Fund. 
‘‘(C) Based on analyses under this paragraph and 
taking into account other factors impacting the 
Fund, recommendations on whether the liability lim -
its need to be adjusted in order to prevent the prin -
cipal of the Fund from declining to levels that are 
likely to be insufficient to cover expected claims. 
‘‘(3) A
NNUAL UPDATES .—The Secretary shall provide 
an update of the report to the Committees referred to 
in paragraph (1) not later than January 30 of the year 
following each year in which occurs an oil discharge 
from a vessel or nonvessel source that results or is like-
ly to result in removal costs and damages (as those 
terms are defined in section 1001 of the Oil Pollution 
Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701)) that exceed liability limits 
established under section 1004 of the Oil Pollution Act 
of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2704).’’
Executive Documents 
D
ELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS 
For delegation of functions of President under subsec. 
(d) of this section, see section 4 of Ex. Ord. No. 12777, 
set out as a note under section 1321 of this title. 
§ 2705. Interest; partial payment of claims 
(a) General rule 
The responsible party or the responsible par -
ty’s guarantor is liable to a claimant for inter -
est on the amount paid in satisfaction of a claim 
under this Act for the period described in sub -
section (b). The responsible party shall establish 
a procedure for the payment or settlement of 
claims for interim, short-term damages. Pay -
ment or settlement of a claim for interim, 
short-term damages representing less than the 
full amount of damages to which the claimant 
ultimately may be entitled shall not preclude 
recovery by the claimant for damages not re -
flected in the paid or settled partial claim. 
(b) Period 
(1) In general 
Except as provided in paragraph (2), the pe -
riod for which interest shall be paid is the pe -
riod beginning on the 30th day following the 
date on which the claim is presented to the re -
sponsible party or guarantor and ending on 
the date on which the claim is paid. 
(2) Exclusion of period due to offer by guar -
antor 
If the guarantor offers to the claimant an 
amount equal to or greater than that finally 
paid in satisfaction of the claim, the period de-
scribed in paragraph (1) does not include the 
period beginning on the date the offer is made 
and ending on the date the offer is accepted. If 
the offer is made within 60 days after the date 
on which the claim is presented under section 
2713(a) of this title, the period described in 
paragraph (1) does not include any period be -
fore the offer is accepted. 
(3) Exclusion of periods in interests of justice 
If in any period a claimant is not paid due to 
reasons beyond the control of the responsible 
party or because it would not serve the inter -
ests of justice, no interest shall accrue under 
this section during that period. 
(4) Calculation of interest 
(A) In general 
The interest paid for claims, other than 
Federal Government cost recovery claims, 
under this section shall be calculated at the 
average of the highest rate for commercial 
and finance company paper of maturities of 
180 days or less obtaining on each of the days 
included within the period for which interest 
must be paid to the claimant, as published 
in the Federal Reserve Bulletin. 
(B) Federal cost recovery claims 
The interest paid for Federal Government 
cost recovery claims under this section shall 
be calculated in accordance with section 3717 
of title 31. 
(5) Interest not subject to liability limits 
(A) In general 
Interest (including prejudgment interest) 
under this paragraph is in addition to dam -
ages and removal costs for which claims 
may be asserted under section 2702 of this 
title and shall be paid without regard to any 
limitation of liability under section 2704 of 
this title. 
(B) Payment by guarantor 
The payment of interest under this sub -
section by a guarantor is subject to section 
2716(g) of this title. 
(Pub. L. 101–380, title I, § 1005, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 
Stat. 493; Pub. L. 104–324, title XI, § 1142(a), Oct. 
19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3991; Pub. L. 117–263, div. K, 
title CXIII, § 11311, Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 4086.)
Editorial Notes 
REFERENCES IN TEXT 
This Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 101–380, 
Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 484, as amended, known as the 
Oil Pollution Act of 1990, which is classified principally 
to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act 
to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 
2701 of this title and Tables. 
A
MENDMENTS 
2022—Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 117–263 designated exist -
ing provisions as subpar. (A) and inserted heading, sub -
stituted ‘‘The interest paid for claims, other than Fed -
eral Government cost recovery claims,’’ for ‘‘The inter -
est paid’’, and added subpar. (B). 
1996—Pub. L. 104–324, § 1142(a)(1), inserted ‘‘; partial 
payment of claims’’ after ‘‘Interest’’ in section catch -
line. 
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–324, § 1142(a)(2), inserted at 
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mental Protection Agency by section 8(c) of Ex. Ord. 
No. 12777, Oct. 18, 1991, 56 F.R. 54768, set out as a note 
under section 1321 of this title. 
§ 2707. Recovery by foreign claimants 
(a) Required showing by foreign claimants 
(1) In general 
In addition to satisfying the other require -
ments of this Act, to recover removal costs or 
damages resulting from an incident a foreign 
claimant shall demonstrate that—
(A) the claimant has not been otherwise 
compensated for the removal costs or dam -
ages; and 
(B) recovery is authorized by a treaty or 
executive agreement between the United 
States and the claimant’s country, or the 
Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
Attorney General and other appropriate offi-
cials, has certified that the claimant’s coun -
try provides a comparable remedy for United 
States claimants. 
(2) Exceptions 
Paragraph (1)(B) shall not apply with respect 
to recovery by a resident of Canada in the case 
of an incident described in subsection (b)(4). 
(b) Discharges in foreign countries 
A foreign claimant may make a claim for re -
moval costs and damages resulting from a dis -
charge, or substantial threat of a discharge, of 
oil in or on the territorial sea, internal waters, 
or adjacent shoreline of a foreign country, only 
if the discharge is from—
(1) an Outer Continental Shelf facility or a 
deepwater port; 
(2) a vessel in the navigable waters; 
(3) a vessel carrying oil as cargo between 2 
places in the United States; or 
(4) a tanker that received the oil at the ter -
minal of the pipeline constructed under the 
Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act (43 
U.S.C. 1651 et seq.), for transportation to a 
place in the United States, and the discharge 
or threat occurs prior to delivery of the oil to 
that place. 
(c) ‘‘Foreign claimant’’ defined 
In this section, the term ‘‘foreign claimant’’ 
means—
(1) a person residing in a foreign country; 
(2) the government of a foreign country; and 
(3) an agency or political subdivision of a 
foreign country. 
(Pub. L. 101–380, title I, § 1007, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 
Stat. 496.)
Editorial Notes 
REFERENCES IN TEXT 
This Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), is Pub. L. 
101–380, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 484, known as the Oil 
Pollution Act of 1990, which is classified principally to 
this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to 
the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 
2701 of this title and Tables. 
The Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act, re -
ferred to in subsec. (b)(4), is title II of Pub. L. 93–153, 
Nov. 16, 1973, 87 Stat. 584, which is classified generally 
to chapter 34 (§ 1651 et seq.) of Title 43, Public Lands. 
For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see 
Short Title note set out under section 1651 of Title 43 
and Tables. 
§ 2708. Recovery by responsible party 
(a) In general 
The responsible party for a vessel or facility 
from which oil is discharged, or which poses the 
substantial threat of a discharge of oil, may as -
sert a claim for removal costs and damages 
under section 2713 of this title only if the re -
sponsible party demonstrates that—
(1) the responsible party is entitled to a de -
fense to liability under section 2703 of this 
title; or 
(2) the responsible party is entitled to a lim -
itation of liability under section 2704 of this 
title. 
(b) Extent of recovery 
A responsible party who is entitled to a limi -
tation of liability may assert a claim under sec -
tion 2713 of this title only to the extent that the 
sum of the removal costs and damages incurred 
by the responsible party plus the amounts paid 
by the responsible party, or by the guarantor on 
behalf of the responsible party, for claims as -
serted under section 2713 of this title exceeds the 
amount to which the total of the liability under 
section 2702 of this title and removal costs and 
damages incurred by, or on behalf of, the respon-
sible party is limited under section 2704 of this 
title. 
(Pub. L. 101–380, title I, § 1008, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 
Stat. 497.) 
§ 2709. Contribution 
A person may bring a civil action for contribu-
tion against any other person who is liable or 
potentially liable under this Act or another law. 
The action shall be brought in accordance with 
section 2717 of this title. 
(Pub. L. 101–380, title I, § 1009, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 
Stat. 497.)
Editorial Notes 
REFERENCES IN TEXT 
This Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 101–380, Aug. 
18, 1990, 104 Stat. 484, known as the Oil Pollution Act of 
1990, which is classified principally to this chapter. For 
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see 
Short Title note set out under section 2701 of this title 
and Tables. 
§ 2710. Indemnification agreements 
(a) Agreements not prohibited 
Nothing in this Act prohibits any agreement 
to insure, hold harmless, or indemnify a party to 
such agreement for any liability under this Act. 
(b) Liability not transferred 
No indemnification, hold harmless, or similar 
agreement or conveyance shall be effective to 
transfer liability imposed under this Act from a 
responsible party or from any person who may 
be liable for an incident under this Act to any 
other person. 
(c) Relationship to other causes of action 
Nothing in this Act, including the provisions 
of subsection (b), bars a cause of action that a 

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                                     M A S O N   &   M E R C O R   L L P
                               Regulator y • Energ y • Natural Resources • Emerging Infrastr ucture
                           ──────────────────────────────────────

                                                                                                         PRIVILEGED & CONFIDENTIAL
                                                                                      ATTORNEY–CLIENT COMMUNICATION
                                                                                                               ATTORNEY WORK PRODUCT

                                            Draft NPFC Claims Packa ge Nar rative

             A. INTRODUCTION

This          nar rative          provides          a          full          and          detailed          explanation          of                Cooper/Jeffries          Energ y          Corporation’s
claim    to    the    National    Pollution    Funds    Center    under    the    Oil    Pollution    Act    of          1990.    It    is    written    to
explain the events, losses, and legal basis for the claim in clear, professional language while remaining
accessible       to       a       general       reader.       Ever y       section       is       written       in       complete       sentences       and       organized       into
well-developed  parag raphs  of        four  to  five  sentences  each.  The  nar rative  is  intended  to  accompany  a
for mal    claims    package,    and    it    summarizes    the    evidence    and    documentation    that    support    the    claim.
This document is attorney–client privileged and is not intended for distribution outside the scope of
legal representation.

             B. BACKGROUND OF THE CLAIMANT

Cooper/Jeffries        Energ y        Corporation,        refer red        to        in        this        document        as        C/J        Energ y,        is        a        Delaware
corporation            with            its            headquarters            located            in            Houston,            Texas.            The            company            is            engaged            in            the
transportation           and           supply           of                 petroleum           products           throughout           the           United           States.           In           the           nor mal
course    of          business,    C/J    Energ y    charters    vessels    to    move    cr ude    oil    and    related    materials    to    various
refineries   and   ter minals.   One   such   vessel   chartered   by   C/J   Energ y   was   the   M/V   Red   Room,   which
is  central  to  the  events  discussed  in  this  claim.  As  a  routine  business  practice,  C/J  Energ y  follows  all
safety and environmental regulations required under federal law.

             C . SUMMARY OF THE INCIDENT

On  September  15,  2024,  the  M/V  Red  Room  was  approaching  a  marine  petroleum  ter minal  located
on         the         Ohio         River         in         Cincinnati,         Ohio.         This         ter minal         was         owned         and         operated         by         Black         Lodge
Petroleum       Logistics       LLC,       known       in       this       document       as       BLPL.       As       the       vessel       approached       the       berth
assigned    for    unloading,    it    str uck    an    underwater    obstr uction    that    was    later    identified    as    a    large,    fully
submerged  anchor.  The  collision  caused  a  tear  in  one  of        the  ship’s  carg o  tanks,  which  allowed  cr ude
oil           to           spill           into           the           river.           The           spill           required           a           large           emergency           cleanup           and           created           significant
environmental and economic har m.

             D. DESCRIPTION OF THE SPILL

The         collision         created         an         opening         in         Carg o         Tank         Number         3         on         the         vessel’s         starboard         side.         This
allowed   oil   to   escape   rapidly   into   the   water   at   a   rate   that   response   crews   estimated   at   approximately
three   hundred   gallons   per   minute.   In   total,   about   one   hundred   eighty   thousand   gallons   of         cr ude   oil

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                                      M A S O N   &   M E R C O R   L L P
                                Regulator y • Energ y • Natural Resources • Emerging Infrastr ucture
                            ──────────────────────────────────────

entered the Ohio River before responders could stop the discharge. The oil spread across the surface
of          the    river    and    traveled    approximately    eighteen    miles    downstream,    coating    shorelines    on    both    the
Ohio        and        Kentucky        sides.        The        presence        of              the        oil        created        hazards        for        wildlife,        boat        traffic,        and
water quality in the affected communities.

              E. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

The             oil             spill             had             numerous             effects             on             the             sur rounding             environment.             Wildlife             response             teams
recovered   between   five   thousand   and   eight   thousand   dead   fish   in   the   days   following   the   spill.   They
also         treated         approximately         one         hundred         fifty         birds         that         were         coated         in         oil         and         required         medical
attention.   The   oil   contaminated   about   two   and   a   half         miles   of         wetland   areas   along   the   river,   which
ser ve    as    habitat    for    fish,    birds,    and    other    wildlife.    Cleanup    teams    obser ved    that    vegetation    in    these
areas was heavily coated, requiring an extended effort to restore it.

              F. RESPONSE ACTIONS

Federal,   state,   and   local   agencies   responded   quickly   to   the   incident.   The   United   States   Coast   Guard
took    the    lead    as    the    Federal    On-Scene    Coordinator    and    established    a    Unified    Command    with    state
environmental  authorities.  Response  crews  used  thousands  of        feet  of        containment  boom  to  control
the  spread  of        the  oil.  Specialized  vessels  and  teams  worked  around  the  clock  to  recover  oil  from  the
water and remove it from the affected shoreline. Wildlife rescue organizations helped rehabilitate the
birds and other animals har med by the spill.

              G. COSTS INCURRED BY C/J ENERGY

C/J   Energ y   paid   for   extensive   cleanup   and   recover y   efforts   after   the   spill.   The   company   paid   more
than      forty-two      million      dollars      for      removal      costs,      which      included      the      work      of            cleanup      contractors,
environmental         response         teams,         and         monitoring         prog rams.         It         also         paid         more         than         twelve         million
dollars             in             natural             resource             damages             to             federal             and             state             tr ustees             responsible             for             restoring             the
environment.  Additional  losses,  including  damage  to  property,  lost  carg o,  and  business  inter r uption,
totaled    more    than    nine    million    dollars.    These    costs    were    necessar y    to    mitigate    environmental    har m
and to comply with federal law.

              H. ADDITIONAL LONG-TERM COSTS

Beyond         the         immediate         response,         C/J         Energ y         funded         several         prog rams         designed         to         monitor         and
restore       the       environment       over       the       long       ter m.       These       prog rams       included       scientific       studies       of             water
quality,      sediment      conditions,      and      the      recover y      of            wildlife      populations.      The      company      also      paid      for
shoreline                   restoration                   projects                   designed                   to                   repair                   damage                   to                   wetlands.                   These                   efforts                   totaled
approximately   seven   million   dollars   in   additional   expenses.   All   of         these   costs   were   documented   and
paid before submitting this claim.




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                                   M A S O N   &   M E R C O R   L L P
                               Regulator y • Energ y • Natural Resources • Emerging Infrastr ucture
                          ──────────────────────────────────────

             I. CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT

The      evidence      gathered      after      the      spill      demonstrates      that      the      submerged      anchor      was      located      within
the approach channel used by vessels traveling to BLPL’s ter minal. Investigators deter mined that the
anchor  had  likely  been  on  the  riverbed  for  more  than  a  year  and  a  half        before  the  incident.  Industr y
standards  require  ter minal  operators  to  inspect  their  berths  and  approach  areas  regularly  for  hazards
such as submerged objects. BLPL was responsible for conducting these inspections and for ensuring
the   safety   of         the   area.   The   failure   to   identify   and   remove   the   anchor   directly   caused   the   damage   to
the M/V Red Room and the resulting spill.

             J. CONTRACTUAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF BLPL

C/J              Energ y              and              BLPL              had              a              written              Ter minal              Ser vices              Ag reement              that              defined              each              party’s
responsibilities.      Under      this      ag reement,      BLPL      gave      an      absolute      safe      berth      war ranty,      promising      that
the    berths    and    approach    areas    would    be    safe    for    vessels    to    enter,    remain    in,    and    depart    from.    The
ag reement      also      required      BLPL      to      conduct      regular      hydrog raphic      sur veys      to      detect      hazards      such      as
debris, underwater obstr uctions, or changes in depth. BLPL was further required to remove or mark
any  hazards  that  could  endanger  a  vessel  using  the  ter minal.  The  presence  of        the  anchor  shows  that
BLPL did not meet these obligations.

             K. PRESENTATION OF THE CLAIM TO THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY

Under          the          Oil          Pollution          Act,          a          claimant          must          first          present          a          request          for          reimbursement          to          the
responsible     party     before     filing     a     claim     with     the     National     Pollution     Funds     Center.     C/J     Energ y     met
this requirement by contacting BLPL several times. The company sent written notices on September
16,           October           20,           and           November           10,           2024,           each           requesting           that           BLPL           accept           responsibility           and
reimburse    the    expenses.    BLPL    responded    on    November    25,    2024,    refusing    to    pay    and    denying    any
obligation   to   indemnify   C/J   Energ y.   This   denial   made   it   necessar y   to   file   the   claim   with   the   federal
g overnment.

             L. LEGAL BASIS FOR THIS CLAIM

The Oil Pollution Act allows a party who has incur red cleanup costs or damages as a result of       an oil
spill         to         seek         reimbursement         from         the         Oil         Spill         Liability         Tr ust         Fund         when         the         responsible         party
denies        liability.        The        Act        clearly        defines        the        kinds        of              expenses        that        may        be        reimbursed,        including
cleanup    costs,    natural    resource    damages,    property    damage,    and    lost    profits.    C/J    Energ y’s    claim    fits
into       each       of             these       categ ories       because       the       company       paid       all       of             these       costs       directly.       The       Act       also
requires that claimants demonstrate that the spill came from a covered source and reached navigable
waters  of        the  United  States,  both  of        which  occur red  in  this  incident.  As  a  result,  the  claim  is  proper
and complete under the law.





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                                Regulator y • Energ y • Natural Resources • Emerging Infrastr ucture
                           ──────────────────────────────────────

             M. MITIGATION AND COOPERATION

Throughout the response and cleanup process, C/J Energ y took steps to reduce the har m caused by
the                  spill.                  The                  company                  immediately                  notified                  federal                  authorities                  and                  assisted                  in                  the                  Unified
Command.    It    provided    financial    and    logistical    support    for    ever y    aspect    of          the    cleanup    and    wildlife
response. C/J Energ y also cooperated fully with federal and state investigations into the cause of       the
incident.              These              actions              demonstrate              that              the              company              acted              responsibly              and              worked              to              limit
environmental damage.

             N. SUMMARY OF THE SUM CERTAIN

The       total       amount       of             the       claim       submitted       to       the       National       Pollution       Funds       Center       is       seventy-one
million  two  hundred  fifty  thousand  dollars.  This  amount  represents  the  full  total  of        uncompensated
costs that C/J Energ y paid as a result of       the spill. All expenses included in this amount are allowable
under            the            Oil            Pollution            Act,            and            none            of                  the            claimed            amounts            reflect            attorney            fees            or            other
excluded      costs.      The      company      has      provided      invoices,      payment      records,      and      supporting      documents
for     each     of           the     categ ories     of           loss.     This     sum     certain     reflects     only     those     costs     that     C/J     Energ y     has
already paid and that remain uncompensated by any other party.

             O. CONCLUSION

C/J  Energ y  submits  this  claim  after  exhausting  ever y  opportunity  to  resolve  the  matter  directly  with
BLPL,  the  responsible  party  under  federal  law.  The  company  responded  quickly  to  mitigate  the  spill,
paid               all               necessar y               costs,               and               worked               cooperatively               with               g overnment               agencies               throughout               the
response.      Because      BLPL      refused      to      reimburse      these      expenses,      federal      law      per mits      C/J      Energ y      to
seek    payment    from    the    Oil    Spill    Liability    Tr ust    Fund.    All    requirements    for    a    valid    claim    have    been
met,    and    all    necessar y    documentation    has    been    included.    For    these    reasons,    the    National    Pollution
Funds Center is respectfully requested to review and approve the claim in full.



Prepared by:
Aida Andor ra, Esq.
Mason & Mercor LLP
Attorney for Cooper/Jeffries Energ y Corporation











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[page 1]
Page 859 TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS § 2704
Editorial Notes 
REFERENCES IN TEXT 
The Intervention on the High Seas Act, referred to in 
subsec. (c)(3), is Pub. L. 93–248, Feb. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 8, 
which is classified generally to chapter 28 (§ 1471 et seq.) 
of this title. For complete classification of this Act to 
the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 
1471 of this title and Tables. 
This Act, referred to in subsec. (d)(5), (6), is Pub. L. 
101–380, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 484, known as the Oil 
Pollution Act of 1990, which is classified principally to 
this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to 
the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 
2701 of this title and Tables. 
A
MENDMENTS 
2018—Subsec. (d)(5). Pub. L. 115–232 inserted ‘‘section’’ 
before ‘‘2702(a)’’. 
2004—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 108–293 added subsec. (d). 
§ 2704. Limits on liability 
(a) General rule 
Except as otherwise provided in this section, 
the total of the liability of a responsible party 
under section 2702 of this title and any removal 
costs incurred by, or on behalf of, the respon -
sible party, with respect to each incident shall 
not exceed—
(1) for a tank vessel the greater of—
(A) with respect to a single-hull vessel, in -
cluding a single-hull vessel fitted with dou -
ble sides only or a double bottom only, $3,000 
per gross ton; 
(B) with respect to a vessel other than a 
vessel referred to in subparagraph (A), $1,900 
per gross ton; or 
(C)(i) with respect to a vessel greater than 
3,000 gross tons that is—
(I) a vessel described in subparagraph 
(A), $22,000,000; or 
(II) a vessel described in subparagraph 
(B), $16,000,000; or
(ii) with respect to a vessel of 3,000 gross 
tons or less that is—
(I) a vessel described in subparagraph 
(A), $6,000,000; or 
(II) a vessel described in subparagraph 
(B), $4,000,000;
(2) for any other vessel, $950 per gross ton or 
$800,000, whichever is greater; 
(3) for an offshore facility except a deep -
water port, the total of all removal costs plus 
$75,000,000; and 
(4) for any onshore facility and a deepwater 
port, $350,000,000. 
(b) Division of liability for mobile offshore drill -
ing units 
(1) Treated first as tank vessel 
For purposes of determining the responsible 
party and applying this Act and except as pro -
vided in paragraph (2), a mobile offshore drill -
ing unit which is being used as an offshore fa -
cility is deemed to be a tank vessel with re -
spect to the discharge, or the substantial 
threat of a discharge, of oil on or above the 
surface of the water. 
(2) Treated as facility for excess liability 
To the extent that removal costs and dam -
ages from any incident described in paragraph 
(1) exceed the amount for which a responsible 
party is liable (as that amount may be limited 
under subsection (a)(1)), the mobile offshore 
drilling unit is deemed to be an offshore facil -
ity. For purposes of applying subsection (a)(3), 
the amount specified in that subsection shall 
be reduced by the amount for which the re -
sponsible party is liable under paragraph (1). 
(c) Exceptions 
(1) Acts of responsible party 
Subsection (a) does not apply if the incident 
was proximately caused by—
(A) gross negligence or willful misconduct 
of, or 
(B) the violation of an applicable Federal 
safety, construction, or operating regulation 
by,
the responsible party, an agent or employee of 
the responsible party, or a person acting pur -
suant to a contractual relationship with the 
responsible party (except where the sole con -
tractual arrangement arises in connection 
with carriage by a common carrier by rail). 
(2) Failure or refusal of responsible party 
Subsection (a) does not apply if the respon -
sible party fails or refuses—
(A) to report the incident as required by 
law and the responsible party knows or has 
reason to know of the incident; 
(B) to provide all reasonable cooperation 
and assistance requested by a responsible of -
ficial in connection with removal activities; 
or 
(C) without sufficient cause, to comply 
with an order issued under subsection (c) or 
(e) of section 1321 of this title or the Inter -
vention on the High Seas Act (33 U.S.C. 1471 
et seq.). 
(3) OCS facility or vessel 
Notwithstanding the limitations established 
under subsection (a) and the defenses of sec -
tion 2703 of this title, all removal costs in -
curred by the United States Government or 
any State or local official or agency in connec-
tion with a discharge or substantial threat of 
a discharge of oil from any Outer Continental 
Shelf facility or a vessel carrying oil as cargo 
from such a facility shall be borne by the 
owner or operator of such facility or vessel. 
(4) Certain tank vessels 
Subsection (a)(1) shall not apply to—
(A) a tank vessel on which the only oil car-
ried as cargo is an animal fat or vegetable 
oil, as those terms are used in section 2720 of 
this title; and 
(B) a tank vessel that is designated in its 
certificate of inspection as an oil spill re -
sponse vessel (as that term is defined in sec -
tion 2101 of title 46) and that is used solely 
for removal. 
(d) Adjusting limits of liability 
(1) Onshore facilities 
Subject to paragraph (2), the President may 
establish by regulation, with respect to any 
class or category of onshore facility, a limit of 
liability under this section of less than 
$350,000,000, but not less than $8,000,000, taking 

[page 2]
Page 860TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS§ 2704
into account size, storage capacity, oil 
throughput, proximity to sensitive areas, type 
of oil handled, history of discharges, and other 
factors relevant to risks posed by the class or 
category of facility. 
(2) Deepwater ports and associated vessels 
(A) Study 
The Secretary shall conduct a study of the 
relative operational and environmental risks 
posed by the transportation of oil by vessel 
to deepwater ports (as defined in section 1502 
of this title) versus the transportation of oil 
by vessel to other ports. The study shall in -
clude a review and analysis of offshore 
lightering practices used in connection with 
that transportation, an analysis of the vol -
ume of oil transported by vessel using those 
practices, and an analysis of the frequency 
and volume of oil discharges which occur in 
connection with the use of those practices. 
(B) Report 
Not later than 1 year after August 18, 1990, 
the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a 
report on the results of the study conducted 
under subparagraph (A). 
(C) Rulemaking proceeding 
If the Secretary determines, based on the 
results of the study conducted under sub -
paragraph (A), that the use of deepwater 
ports in connection with the transportation 
of oil by vessel results in a lower operational 
or environmental risk than the use of other 
ports, the Secretary shall initiate, not later 
than the 180th day following the date of sub -
mission of the report to the Congress under 
subparagraph (B), a rulemaking proceeding 
to lower the limits of liability under this 
section for deepwater ports as the Secretary 
determines appropriate. The Secretary may 
establish a limit of liability of less than 
$350,000,000, but not less than $50,000,000, in 
accordance with paragraph (1). 
(3) Periodic reports 
The President shall, within 6 months after 
August 18, 1990, and from time to time there -
after, report to the Congress on the desir -
ability of adjusting the limits of liability spec-
ified in subsection (a). 
(4) Adjustment to reflect Consumer Price Index 
The President, by regulations issued not 
later than 3 years after July 11, 2006, and not 
less than every 3 years thereafter, shall adjust 
the limits on liability specified in subsection 
(a) to reflect significant increases in the Con -
sumer Price Index. 
(Pub. L. 101–380, title I, § 1004, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 
Stat. 491; Pub. L. 104–55, § 2(d)(1), Nov. 20, 1995, 
109 Stat. 546; Pub. L. 105–383, title IV, § 406, Nov. 
13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3429; Pub. L. 109–241, title VI, 
§ 603(a)(1), (2), (b), July 11, 2006, 120 Stat. 553, 554; 
Pub. L. 111–281, title IX, § 903(a)(2), (e)(1), Oct. 15, 
2010, 124 Stat. 3010, 3011; Pub. L. 115–232, div. C, 
title XXXV, § 3547(c), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 
2328.)
Editorial Notes 
REFERENCES IN TEXT 
This Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), is Pub. L. 
101–380, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 484, known as the Oil 
Pollution Act of 1990, which is classified principally to 
this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to 
the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 
2701 of this title and Tables. 
The Intervention on the High Seas Act, referred to in 
subsec. (c)(2)(C), is Pub. L. 93–248, Feb. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 
8, which is classified generally to chapter 28 (§ 1471 et 
seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this 
Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under sec -
tion 1471 of this title and Tables. 
A
MENDMENTS 
2018—Subsec. (d)(2)(C). Pub. L. 115–232 substituted 
‘‘under subparagraph (A)’’ for ‘‘under this subparagraph 
(A)’’. 
2010—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 111–281, § 903(e)(1), struck 
out first comma after ‘‘$800,000’’. 
Pub. L. 111–281, § 903(a)(2), made technical amendment 
to directory language of Pub. L. 109–241, § 603(a)(2). See 
2006 Amendment note below. 
2006—Subsec. (a)(1)(A) to (C). Pub. L. 109–241, 
§ 603(a)(1), added subpars. (A) to (C) and struck out 
former subpars. (A) and (B), which read as follows: 
‘‘(A) $1,200 per gross ton; or 
‘‘(B)(i) in the case of a vessel greater than 3,000 gross 
tons, $10,000,000; or 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a vessel of 3,000 gross tons or less, 
$2,000,000;’’. 
Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 109–241, § 603(a)(2), as amended 
by Pub. L. 111–281, § 903(a)(2), substituted ‘‘$950 per gross 
ton’’ for ‘‘$600 per gross ton’’ and ‘‘$800,000,’’ for 
‘‘$500,000’’. 
Subsec. (d)(4). Pub. L. 109–241, § 603(b), amended head -
ing and text of par. (4) generally. Prior to amendment, 
text read as follows: ‘‘The President shall, by regula -
tions issued not less often than every 3 years, adjust 
the limits of liability specified in subsection (a) to re -
flect significant increases in the Consumer Price 
Index.’’
1998—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 105–383, § 406(1), sub -
stituted comma for ‘‘(except a tank vessel on which the 
only oil carried as cargo is an animal fat or vegetable 
oil, as those terms are used in section 2720 of this 
title)’’ after ‘‘tank vessel’’. 
Subsec. (c)(4). Pub. L. 105–383, § 406(2), added par. (4). 
1995—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 104–55 substituted ‘‘for a 
tank vessel (except a tank vessel on which the only oil 
carried as cargo is an animal fat or vegetable oil, as 
those terms are used in section 2720 of this title)’’ for 
‘‘for a tank vessel,’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries 
E
FFECTIVE DATE OF 2010 AMENDMENT 
Pub. L. 111–281, title IX, § 903(a), Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 
3010, provided that the amendment by section 903(a)(2) 
is effective with enactment of Pub. L. 109–241. 
E
FFECTIVE DATE OF 2006 AMENDMENT 
Pub. L. 109–241, title VI, § 603(a)(3), July 11, 2006, 120 
Stat. 554, provided that: ‘‘In the case of an incident oc -
curring before the 90th day following the date of enact -
ment of this Act [July 11, 2006], section 1004(a)(1) of the 
Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2704(a)(1)) shall 
apply as in effect immediately before the effective date 
of this subsection [July 11, 2006].’’
R
EPORT 
Pub. L. 109–241, title VI, § 603(c), July 11, 2006, 120 
Stat. 554, as amended by Pub. L. 114–120, title VI, 
§ 601(b), Feb. 8, 2016, 130 Stat. 79, provided that: 
‘‘(1) I
NITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 45 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act [July 11, 2006], the Sec -

Found 1 match(es) for "Gross":

1. [Page 1, Line 63, Chars 192-197]: ...'s  Register  ✠ 100A1  Oil  Tanker,  ESP,  LI  ●  Gross  Tonnage:  29,847  GT  ●  Deadweight:  46,850  MT...

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[page 1]
PRE-VOYAGE  HULL  AND  MACHINERY  SURVEY  
INDEPENDENT  MARINE  SURVEYOR  REPORT  
Prepared  by:  Atlantic  Maritime  Surveyors,  Inc.  
 
Principal
 
Surveyor:
 
Captain
 
David
 
Morrison,
 
AMS,
 
FICS
 
 
Survey
 
Date:
 
November
 
18,
 
2024
 
 
Location:
 
Puerto
 
Miranda
 
Oil
 
Terminal,
 
Venezuela
 
 
Purpose:
 
Pre-Voyage
 
Condition
 
Survey
 
for
 
Charter
 
Party
 
Compliance
 
 
CLIENT:  Cooper/Jeffries  Energy  Corporation  (Charterer)  
VESSEL  SURVEYED:  
●  Name:  M/V  RED  ROOM  ●  IMO  Number:  9456782  ●  Flag:  Panama  ●  Owner:  Star  Tankers  International  Ltd.  ●  Classification:  Lloyd's  Register  ✠ 100A1  Oil  Tanker,  ESP,  LI  ●  Gross  Tonnage:  29,847  GT  ●  Deadweight:  46,850  MT  ●  Year  Built:  2008  
SURVEYOR'S  QUALIFICATIONS:  
●  Captain  David  Morrison,  FNI,  FICS,  AMS  ●  35  years  maritime  experience  (15  years  as  Master,  unlimited  tonnage)  ●  Accredited  Marine  Surveyor  (IIMS,  NAMS,  SAMS)  ●  Licensed  P&I  surveyor  and  cargo  superintendent  ●  Expert  witness  in  40+  maritime  casualty  cases  
 
EXECUTIVE  SUMMARY  
Survey  Conclusion:  The  M/V  RED  ROOM  is  in  excellent  condition  and  fully  fit  for  the  
intended
 
voyage
 
from
 
Puerto
 
Miranda,
 
Venezuela,
 
to
 
Cincinnati,
 
Ohio,
 
via
 
the
 
Panama
 
Canal,
 
Gulf
 
of
 
Mexico,
 
Mississippi
 
River,
 
and
 
Ohio
 
River
 
systems.
 
Key  Findings:  

Found 3 match(es) for "double":

1. [Page 5, Line 3, Chars 0-6]: Double  Bottom  Tank  No.  3:
2. [Page 15, Line 6, Chars 0-6]: double-hull
3. [Page 15, Line 74, Chars 40-46]: A  properly  designed  and  maintained  double-hull  crude  oil  tanker,  such  as  the

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[page 15]
The  vessel's  hull  structure  is  sound  and  free  from  damage,  defects,  or  areas  of  
weakness.
 
The
 
double-hull
 
construction
 
provides
 
substantial
 
protection
 
against
 
minor
 
impacts.
 
In
 
my
 
professional
 
opinion,
 
the
 
hull
 
condition
 
would
 
NOT
 
have
 
contributed
 
to
 
a
 
casualty
 
involving
 
striking
 
a
 
substantial
 
submerged
 
object
 
(such
 
as
 
an
 
abandoned
 
ship
 
anchor).
 
A  properly  designed  and  maintained  double-hull  crude  oil  tanker,  such  as  the  
M/V
 
RED
 
ROOM,
 
should
 
be
 
capable
 
of
 
withstanding
 
minor
 
groundings
 
and
 
incidental
 
contact
 
with
 
small
 
submerged
 
objects
 
without
 
hull
 
penetration.
 
However,
 
collision
 
with
 
a
 
large,
 
heavy,
 
sharp
 
object
 
(such
 
as
 
a
 
ship's
 
anchor
 
weighing
 
several
 
tons)
 
could
 
breach
 
the
 
hull
 
regardless
 
of
 
vessel
 
condition.
"
 
 
SURVEYOR'S  SIGNATURE  AND  SEAL:  
[SIGNATURE]  
Captain  David  Morrison  
 
AMS,
 
FICS,
 
FNI
 
 
Principal
 
Surveyor
 
 
Atlantic
 
Maritime
 
Surveyors,
 
Inc.
 
 
IIMS
 
Membership
 
No.:
 
12345
 
 
NAMS
 
Accreditation
 
No.:
 
67890
 
Date:  November  18,  2024  
Professional  Indemnity  Insurance:  £5,000,000  (Lloyd's  of  London)  
 
CLIENT  ACKNOWLEDGMENT:  
This  survey  was  conducted  at  the  request  and  expense  of  Cooper/Jeffries  Energy  Corporation  
for
 
the
 
purpose
 
of
 
assessing
 
vessel
 
condition
 
prior
 
to
 
voyage
 
commencement
 
under
 
voyage
 
charter
 
party.
 
Acknowledged  by:  
Thomas  Park  
 
Vessel
 
Scheduling
 
Manager
 
 
Cooper/Jeffries
 
Energy
 
Corporation
 
Date:  November  18,  2024  
  

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├── Black Lodge Counsel/
│   ├── Black Lodge Internal Communications/
│   ├── BLPL Umbrella Insurance Policy.docx
│   └── Shell_asbatankvoy_charter_party_form.pdf
├── Claims-Risk Management Counsel/
│   ├── Unassigned Documents/
│   ├── [DRAFT] Comprehensive Insurance Porfolio Coverage Opinion.docx
│   ├── [DRAFT] Hull and Machinery Insurance Policy.docx
│   ├── [DRAFT] Marine Excess Liability Insurance Policy.docx
│   ├── [DRAFT] Marine General Liability Insurance Policy.docx
│   ├── [DRAFT] Marine Pollution Legal Liability Insurance Policy.docx
│   ├── [DRAFT] Protection and Indemnity Insurance Policy.docx
│   ├── [DRAFT] Tender Letter 1 - Charterers Liability.docx
│   ├── [DRAFT] Tender Letter 2 - Terminal Operators Liability.docx
│   ├── [DRAFT] Tender Letter 3 - Marine Pollution Legal Liability.docx
│   ├── [DRAFT] Tender Letter 4 - Marine Excess Liability.docx
│   ├── [DRAFT] Tender Letter 5 - Protection & Indemnity Oil Pollution.docx
│   ├── [DRAFT] Tender Letter 6 - Marine General Liability.docx
│   ├── [DRAFT] Terminal Operators Liability Insurance Policy.docx
│   ├── [DRAFT] Water Quality Oil Pollution Insurance Policy.docx
│   ├── [DRAFT} Charterers Liability Charterers Protection and Indemnity Insurance Policy.docx
│   ├── [FINAL] Hull and Machinery Insurance Policy.docx
│   └── [FINAL] Protection and Indemnity Insurance Policy.docx
├── Cooper-Jeffries In-House Counsel/
│   ├── OSLTF Coordination File/
│   ├── Settlement Negotiations/
│   ├── Vessel Inspection Documentation/
│   ├── C_J_CONFIDENTIAL_OPA 90 Liability Containment Master Strategy.docx
│   ├── Charter Party Agreement_FINAL DRAFT_November 2021.docx
│   ├── Charter Party Agreement_v1.docx
│   ├── FINAL_Charter Party Agreement_November 2021(1).docx
│   ├── FINAL_Charter Party Agreement_November 2021.docx
│   ├── FINAL_Charter Party Agreement_November 2021.pdf
│   ├── Legal Analysis_Safe-Berth Clause_Nov 21, 2025.docx
│   ├── Legal Analysis_Terminal Services Agreement.docx
│   ├── POLLUTION REPORT.docx
│   ├── Terminal Services Agreement w_ BLPL_FINAL COPY.docx
│   ├── Terminal Services Agreement w_ BLPL_FINAL COPY.pdf
│   └── Terminal Services Agreement w_ BLPL_FINAL.docx
├── Government Relations Attorney/
│   ├── Draft - Common Interest Agreement.docx
│   ├── Draft - Common Interest Agreement.pdf
│   ├── Draft - Consent Decree.docx
│   ├── Draft - Consent Decree.pdf
│   ├── Draft - Draft NPFC Claims Package.docx
│   ├── Draft - Draft NPFC Claims Package.pdf
│   ├── Draft - EPA penalty mitigation submissions.docx
│   ├── Draft - EPA penalty mitigation submissions.pdf
│   ├── Draft - NRDA Strategy Memo.docx
│   ├── Draft - NRDA Strategy Memo.pdf
│   ├── Draft - OPA 90 Compliance.docx
│   └── Draft - OPA 90 Compliance.pdf
├── Legal Authority/
│   ├── 3d Party Beneficiary Research/
│   ├── Safe berth liability/
│   ├── Statutes/
│   └── Admiralty and Maritime Law, Robert Force (Fed. Jud. Ctr. 2004).pdf
├── Outside Maritime Counsel Folder/
│   ├── Draft - Crew Interview Memo.docx
│   ├── Draft - Crew Interview Memo.pdf
│   ├── Draft - Evidence Preservation Letter.docx
│   ├── Draft - Evidence Preservation Letter.pdf
│   ├── Draft - Litigation Memo.docx
│   ├── Draft - Litigation Memo.pdf
│   ├── Draft - Litigation Preparation Packet.docx
│   ├── Draft - Litigation Preparation Packet.pdf
│   ├── Draft - Negotiation Memo.docx
│   ├── Draft - Negotiation Memo.pdf
│   ├── Draft Settlement Letter.docx
│   ├── Draft Settlement Letter.pdf
│   ├── Draft Third-Party Complaint(1).docx
│   ├── Draft Third-Party Complaint.docx
│   └── Draft Third-Party Complaint.pdf
└── News Article - Tanker Strikes Anchor, Spills Oil in Delaware River.docx

No files matching '*Claim Summary*' found in /

/Claims-Risk Management Counsel/Unassigned Documents/
├── 18-565_20191105-argument.mp3
├── 2013-0462.resp Brief for the US in Opposition.pdf
├── 250538_Brief in Opposition for Respondent Frescati.pdf
├── CITGO Asphalt Refining Co. v. Frescati Shipping Co. Oral Arguments 11052019.pdf
├── CitgoReply.pdf
└── Supreme Court Considers Safe Berth Warranty.pdf

/Black Lodge Counsel/Black Lodge Internal Communications/
├── Email correspondence discussing March 2020 deliveries.docx
├── Note to self (by junior BLPL inhouse counsel).docx
└── Partial BLPL Employee List.docx

/Cooper-Jeffries In-House Counsel/Vessel Inspection Documentation/
├── Document Index_Inspection Records.docx
├── EXPERT MARINE CASUALTY INVESTIGATION REPORT.docx
├── EXPERT MARINE CASUALTY INVESTIGATION REPORT_OFFICIAL.pdf
├── Flag State (Panama) Inspection Reports.docx
├── Flag State (Panama) Inspection Reports_OFFICIAL COPY.pdf
├── Lloyd_s Register Classification Society Surveys.docx
├── Lloyd_s Register Classification Society Surveys_OFFICIAL.pdf
├── MASTER_S SEAWORTHINESS DECLARATION [FINAL_Copy].pdf
├── MASTER_S SEAWORTHINESS DECLARATION.docx
├── PASSAGE PLAN - VENEZUELA TO CINCINNATI.docx
├── PASSAGE PLAN - VENEZUELA TO CINCINNATI_OFFICIAL.pdf
├── Port State Control Inspection_Aug 11, 2024.docx
├── Port State Control Inspection_Aug 11, 2024_LATEST.pdf
├── POST-CASUALTY HULL DAMAGE SURVEY.docx
├── POST-CASUALTY HULL DAMAGE SURVEY_LATEST COPY.pdf
├── Pre-Voyage Hull & Machinery Survey.docx
├── Pre-Voyage Hull & Machinery Survey_Final Copy.pdf
├── U.S. Coast Guard Certificate of Compliance.docx
└── U.S. Coast Guard Certificate of Compliance_OFFICIAL COPY.pdf

No files matching '*BLPL*SUMMARY*.pdf' found in /

No files matching '*EXHIBIT*C*.pdf' found in /

/Cooper-Jeffries In-House Counsel/Settlement Negotiations/
├── Executive Settlement Memo_CONFIDENTIAL.docx
├── EXHIBIT A_ COST DOCUMENTATION FORMAT.docx
├── EXHIBIT B_ SHARED LITIGATION BUDGET.docx
├── EXHIBIT C_ BLPL CLAIMS SUMMARY.docx
├── Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release.docx
├── Settlement Strategy_Presentation(1).pptx
└── Settlement Strategy_Presentation.pptx

/Legal Authority/Statutes/
├── 26 U.S.C. 9509 - Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund.pdf
├── 28 U.S.C. 1333 - Admiralty, maritime and prize cases.docx
├── 28 U.S.C. 1333 - Admiralty, maritime and prize cases.pdf
├── 33 U.S.C. § 2701 - Definitions.pdf
├── 33 U.S.C. § 2702 - Elements of Liability.pdf
├── 33 U.S.C. § 2703 - Defenses to Liability.docx
├── 33 U.S.C. § 2703 - Defenses to Liability.pdf
├── 33 U.S.C. § 2704 - Limits on Liability.pdf
├── 33 U.S.C. § 2708 - Recovery by Responsible Party.docx
├── 33 U.S.C. § 2708 - Recovery by Responsible Party.pdf
├── 33 U.S.C. § 2713 - Claims Procedure.pdf
├── 33 U.S.C. § 2715 - Subrogation.pdf
├── 46 U.S.C. app. § 183 (2005) - Amount of Liability.pdf
└── ArtIII.S2.C1.12 Admiralty and Maritime Jurisdiction.docx

Found 11 match(es) for "tank vessel":

1. [Page 1, Line 30, Chars 10-21]: (1) for a tank vessel the greater of—
2. [Page 1, Line 59, Chars 21-32]: (1) Treated first as tank vessel
3. [Page 1, Line 64, Chars 25-36]: cility is deemed to be a tank vessel with re-
4. [Page 1, Line 120, Chars 12-23]: (4) Certain tank vessels
5. [Page 1, Line 122, Chars 6-17]: (A) a tank vessel on which the only oil car-
6. [Page 1, Line 126, Chars 6-17]: (B) a tank vessel that is designated in its
7. [Page 2, Line 122, Chars 31-42]: stituted comma for ‘‘(except a tank vessel on which the
8. [Page 2, Line 125, Chars 17-28]: title)’’ after ‘‘tank vessel’’.
9. [Page 2, Line 128, Chars 0-11]: tank vessel (except a tank vessel on which the only oil
10. [Page 2, Line 128, Chars 22-33]: tank vessel (except a tank vessel on which the only oil
11. [Page 2, Line 131, Chars 8-19]: ‘‘for a tank vessel,’’.

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Page 859              TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS                   §2704

                      Editorial Notes                              (1) exceed the amount for which a responsible
                   REFERENCES INTEXT                               party is liable (as that amount may be limited
  The Intervention on the High Seas Act, referred to in            under subsection (a)(1)), the mobile offshore
subsec. (c)(3), is Pub. L. 93–248, Feb. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 8,       drilling unit is deemed to be an offshore facil-
which is classified generally to chapter 28 (§1471 et seq.)        ity. For purposes of applying subsection (a)(3),
of this title. For complete classification of this Act to          the amount specified in that subsection shall
the Code, see Short Title note set out under section               be reduced by the amount for which the re-
1471 of this title and Tables.                                     sponsible party is liable under paragraph (1).
  This Act, referred to in subsec. (d)(5), (6), is Pub. L.       (c) Exceptions
101–380, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 484, known as the Oil            (1) Acts of responsible party
Pollution Act of 1990, which is classified principally to
this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to              Subsection (a) does not apply if the incident
the Code, see Short Title note set out under section               was proximately caused by—
2701 of this title and Tables.                                          (A) gross negligence or willful misconduct
                       AMENDMENTS                                     of, or
  2018—Subsec. (d)(5). Pub. L. 115–232 inserted ‘‘section’’             (B) the violation of an applicable Federal
before ‘‘2702(a)’’.                                                   safety, construction, or operating regulation
  2004—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 108–293 added subsec. (d).                by,
§2704. Limits on liability                                         the responsible party, an agent or employee of
(a) General rule                                                   the responsible party, or a person acting pur-
                                                                   suant to a contractual relationship with the
  Except as otherwise provided in this section,                    responsible party (except where the sole con-
the total of the liability of a responsible party                  tractual arrangement arises in connection
under section 2702 of this title and any removal                   with carriage by a common carrier by rail).
costs incurred by, or on behalf of, the respon-                    (2) Failure or refusal of responsible party
sible party, with respect to each incident shall                      Subsection (a) does not apply if the respon-
not exceed—                                                        sible party fails or refuses—
    (1) for a tank vessel the greater of—                               (A) to report the incident as required by
       (A) with respect to a single-hull vessel, in-                  law and the responsible party knows or has
    cluding a single-hull vessel fitted with dou-                     reason to know of the incident;
    ble sides only or a double bottom only, $3,000                      (B) to provide all reasonable cooperation
    per gross ton;                                                    and assistance requested by a responsible of-
       (B) with respect to a vessel other than a                      ficial in connection with removal activities;
    vessel referred to in subparagraph (A), $1,900                    or
    per gross ton; or                                                   (C) without sufficient cause, to comply
       (C)(i) with respect to a vessel greater than                   with an order issued under subsection (c) or
    3,000 gross tons that is—                                         (e) of section 1321 of this title or the Inter-
         (I) a vessel described in subparagraph                       vention on the High Seas Act (33 U.S.C. 1471
       (A), $22,000,000; or                                           et seq.).
         (II) a vessel described in subparagraph                   (3) OCS facility or vessel
       (B), $16,000,000; or                                           Notwithstanding the limitations established
       (ii) with respect to a vessel of 3,000 gross                under subsection (a) and the defenses of sec-
    tons or less that is—                                          tion 2703 of this title, all removal costs in-
         (I) a vessel described in subparagraph                    curred by the United States Government or
       (A), $6,000,000; or                                         any State or local official or agency in connec-
         (II) a vessel described in subparagraph                   tion with a discharge or substantial threat of
       (B), $4,000,000;                                            a discharge of oil from any Outer Continental
    (2) for any other vessel, $950 per gross ton or                Shelf facility or a vessel carrying oil as cargo
  $800,000, whichever is greater;                                  from such a facility shall be borne by the
    (3) for an offshore facility except a deep-                    owner or operator of such facility or vessel.
  water port, the total of all removal costs plus                  (4) Certain tank vessels
  $75,000,000; and                                                    Subsection (a)(1) shall not apply to—
    (4) for any onshore facility and a deepwater                        (A) a tank vessel on which the only oil car-
  port, $350,000,000.                                                 ried as cargo is an animal fat or vegetable
(b) Division of liability for mobile offshore drill-                  oil, as those terms are used in section 2720 of
    ing units                                                         this title; and
  (1) Treated first as tank vessel                                      (B) a tank vessel that is designated in its
    For purposes of determining the responsible                       certificate of inspection as an oil spill re-
  party and applying this Act and except as pro-                      sponse vessel (as that term is defined in sec-
  vided in paragraph (2), a mobile offshore drill-                    tion 2101 of title 46) and that is used solely
  ing unit which is being used as an offshore fa-                     for removal.
  cility is deemed to be a tank vessel with re-                  (d) Adjusting limits of liability
  spect to the discharge, or the substantial                       (1) Onshore facilities
  threat of a discharge, of oil on or above the                       Subject to paragraph (2), the President may
  surface of the water.                                            establish by regulation, with respect to any
  (2) Treated as facility for excess liability                     class or category of onshore facility, a limit of
    To the extent that removal costs and dam-                      liability under this section of less than
  ages from any incident described in paragraph                    $350,000,000, but not less than $8,000,000, taking

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§2704                         TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS                                                     Page 860

  into account size, storage capacity, oil                                                   Editorial Notes
  throughput, proximity to sensitive areas, type                                         REFERENCES INTEXT
  of oil handled, history of discharges, and other                     This Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), is Pub. L.
  factors relevant to risks posed by the class or                    101–380, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 484, known as the Oil
  category of facility.                                              Pollution Act of 1990, which is classified principally to
  (2) Deepwater ports and associated vessels                         this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to
                                                                     the Code, see Short Title note set out under section
     (A) Study                                                       2701 of this title and Tables.
       The Secretary shall conduct a study of the                      The Intervention on the High Seas Act, referred to in
                                                                     subsec. (c)(2)(C), is Pub. L. 93–248, Feb. 5, 1974, 88 Stat.
     relative operational and environmental risks                    8, which is classified generally to chapter 28 (§1471 et
     posed by the transportation of oil by vessel                    seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this
     to deepwater ports (as defined in section 1502                  Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under sec-
     of this title) versus the transportation of oil                 tion 1471 of this title and Tables.
     by vessel to other ports. The study shall in-                                            AMENDMENTS
     clude a review and analysis of offshore                           2018—Subsec. (d)(2)(C). Pub. L. 115–232 substituted
     lightering practices used in connection with                    ‘‘under subparagraph (A)’’ for ‘‘under this subparagraph
     that transportation, an analysis of the vol-                    (A)’’.
     ume of oil transported by vessel using those                      2010—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 111–281, §903(e)(1), struck
     practices, and an analysis of the frequency                     out first comma after ‘‘$800,000’’.
     and volume of oil discharges which occur in                       Pub. L. 111–281, §903(a)(2), made technical amendment
     connection with the use of those practices.                     to directory language of Pub. L. 109–241, §603(a)(2). See
                                                                     2006 Amendment note below.
     (B) Report                                                        2006—Subsec. (a)(1)(A) to (C). Pub. L. 109–241,
       Not later than 1 year after August 18, 1990,                  §603(a)(1), added subpars. (A) to (C) and struck out
     the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a                    former subpars. (A) and (B), which read as follows:
     report on the results of the study conducted                      ‘‘(A) $1,200 per gross ton; or
                                                                       ‘‘(B)(i) in the case of a vessel greater than 3,000 gross
     under subparagraph (A).                                         tons, $10,000,000; or
     (C) Rulemaking proceeding                                         ‘‘(ii) in the case of a vessel of 3,000 gross tons or less,
                                                                     $2,000,000;’’.
       If the Secretary determines, based on the                       Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 109–241, §603(a)(2), as amended
     results of the study conducted under sub-                       by Pub. L. 111–281, §903(a)(2), substituted ‘‘$950 per gross
     paragraph (A), that the use of deepwater                        ton’’ for ‘‘$600 per gross ton’’ and ‘‘$800,000,’’ for
     ports in connection with the transportation                     ‘‘$500,000’’.
     of oil by vessel results in a lower operational                   Subsec. (d)(4). Pub. L. 109–241, §603(b), amended head-
                                                                     ing and text of par. (4) generally. Prior to amendment,
     or environmental risk than the use of other                     text read as follows: ‘‘The President shall, by regula -
     ports, the Secretary shall initiate, not later                  tions issued not less often than every 3 years, adjust
     than the 180th day following the date of sub-                   the limits of liability specified in subsection (a) to re-
     mission of the report to the Congress under                     flect significant increases in the Consumer Price
     subparagraph (B), a rulemaking proceeding                       Index.’’
     to lower the limits of liability under this                       1998—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 105–383, §406(1), sub-
     section for deepwater ports as the Secretary                    stituted comma for ‘‘(except a tank vessel on which the
     determines appropriate. The Secretary may                       only oil carried as cargo is an animal fat or vegetable
                                                                     oil, as those terms are used in section 2720 of this
     establish a limit of liability of less than                     title)’’ after ‘‘tank vessel’’.
     $350,000,000, but not less than $50,000,000, in                   Subsec. (c)(4). Pub. L. 105–383, §406(2), added par. (4).
     accordance with paragraph (1).                                    1995—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 104–55 substituted ‘‘for a
                                                                     tank vessel (except a tank vessel on which the only oil
  (3) Periodic reports                                               carried as cargo is an animal fat or vegetable oil, as
     The President shall, within 6 months after                      those terms are used in section 2720 of this title)’’ for
  August 18, 1990, and from time to time there-                      ‘‘for a tank vessel,’’.
  after, report to the Congress on the desir-                                Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
  ability of adjusting the limits of liability spec-                            EFFECTIVEDATE OF2010 AMENDMENT
  ified in subsection (a).
  (4) Adjustment to reflect Consumer Price Index                       Pub. L. 111–281, title IX, §903(a), Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat.
                                                                     3010, provided that the amendment by section 903(a)(2)
     The President, by regulations issued not                        is effective with enactment of Pub. L. 109–241.
  later than 3 years after July 11, 2006, and not                               EFFECTIVE DATE OF2006 AMENDMENT
  less than every 3 years thereafter, shall adjust                     Pub. L. 109–241, title VI, §603(a)(3), July 11, 2006, 120
  the limits on liability specified in subsection                    Stat. 554, provided that: ‘‘In the case of an incident oc -
  (a) to reflect significant increases in the Con-                   curring before the 90th day following the date of enact-
  sumer Price Index.                                                 ment of this Act [July 11, 2006], section 1004(a)(1) of the
(Pub. L. 101–380, title I, §1004, Aug. 18, 1990, 104                 Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2704(a)(1)) shall
Stat. 491; Pub. L. 104–55, §2(d)(1), Nov. 20, 1995,                  apply as in effect immediately before the effective date
109 Stat. 546; Pub. L. 105–383, title IV, §406, Nov.                 of this subsection [July 11, 2006].’’
13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3429; Pub. L. 109–241, title VI,                                             REPORT
§603(a)(1), (2), (b), July 11, 2006, 120 Stat. 553, 554;               Pub. L. 109–241, title VI, §603(c), July 11, 2006, 120
Pub. L. 111–281, title IX, §903(a)(2), (e)(1), Oct. 15,              Stat. 554, as amended by Pub. L. 114–120, title VI,
2010, 124 Stat. 3010, 3011; Pub. L. 115–232, div. C,                 §601(b), Feb. 8, 2016, 130 Stat. 79, provided that:
title XXXV, §3547(c), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat.                         ‘‘(1) I  NITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 45 days after the
2328.)                                                               date of enactment of this Act [July 11, 2006], the Sec-

Found 7 file(s) matching '*BLPL*':
/Black Lodge Counsel/BLPL Umbrella Insurance Policy.docx
/Black Lodge Counsel/Black Lodge Internal Communications/Note to self (by junior BLPL inhouse counsel).docx
/Black Lodge Counsel/Black Lodge Internal Communications/Partial BLPL Employee List.docx
/Cooper-Jeffries In-House Counsel/Terminal Services Agreement w_ BLPL_FINAL COPY.docx
/Cooper-Jeffries In-House Counsel/Terminal Services Agreement w_ BLPL_FINAL COPY.pdf
/Cooper-Jeffries In-House Counsel/Terminal Services Agreement w_ BLPL_FINAL.docx
/Cooper-Jeffries In-House Counsel/Settlement Negotiations/EXHIBIT C_ BLPL CLAIMS SUMMARY.docx

No files matching '*Red Room*' found in /

Found 4 file(s) matching '*Hull*Machinery*':
/Claims-Risk Management Counsel/[DRAFT] Hull and Machinery Insurance Policy.docx
/Claims-Risk Management Counsel/[FINAL] Hull and Machinery Insurance Policy.docx
/Cooper-Jeffries In-House Counsel/Vessel Inspection Documentation/Pre-Voyage Hull & Machinery Survey.docx
/Cooper-Jeffries In-House Counsel/Vessel Inspection Documentation/Pre-Voyage Hull & Machinery Survey_Final Copy.pdf

Found 3 file(s) matching '*OPA*':
/Cooper-Jeffries In-House Counsel/C_J_CONFIDENTIAL_OPA 90 Liability Containment Master Strategy.docx
/Government Relations Attorney/Draft - OPA 90 Compliance.docx
/Government Relations Attorney/Draft - OPA 90 Compliance.pdf

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         PRE-VOYAGE HULL AND MACHINERY SURVEY

INDEPENDENT MARINE SURVEYOR REPORT

Prepared by: Atlantic Maritime Surveyors, Inc.
 Principal Surveyor: Captain David Morrison, AMS, FICS
 Survey Date: November 18, 2024
 Location: Puerto Miranda Oil Terminal, Venezuela
 Purpose: Pre-Voyage Condition Survey for Charter Party Compliance



CLIENT: Cooper/Jeffries Energy Corporation (Charterer)

VESSEL SURVEYED:

    ●   Name: M/V RED ROOM
    ●   IMO Number: 9456782
    ●   Flag: Panama
    ●   Owner: Star Tankers International Ltd.
    ●   Classification: Lloyd's Register ✠100A1 Oil Tanker, ESP, LI
    ●   Gross Tonnage: 29,847 GT
    ●   Deadweight: 46,850 MT
    ●   Year Built: 2008

SURVEYOR'S QUALIFICATIONS:

    ●   Captain David Morrison, FNI, FICS, AMS
    ●   35 years maritime experience (15 years as Master, unlimited tonnage)
    ●   Accredited Marine Surveyor (IIMS, NAMS, SAMS)
    ●   Licensed P&I surveyor and cargo superintendent
    ●   Expert witness in 40+ maritime casualty cases



EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Survey Conclusion: The M/V RED ROOM is in excellent condition and fully fit for the
intended voyage from Puerto Miranda, Venezuela, to Cincinnati, Ohio, via the Panama Canal,
Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi River, and Ohio River systems.

Key Findings:

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✓ Hull structure sound with no defects or damage
 ✓ Machinery and propulsion systems operating normally
 ✓ Navigation equipment functional and properly calibrated
 ✓ Cargo handling systems operational
 ✓ Safety equipment complete and serviceable
 ✓ Crew competent and vessel properly manned
 ✓ No conditions present that would affect vessel's ability to safely complete voyage

SEAWORTHINESS CERTIFICATION: In my professional opinion, the M/V RED ROOM was
SEAWORTHY as of November 18, 2024, for the intended voyage.



SCOPE OF SURVEY

This pre-voyage survey was conducted at the request of Cooper/Jeffries Energy Corporation
(the charterer under voyage charter party dated November 15, 2021) to verify the vessel's
condition prior to loading crude oil cargo for transit to Cincinnati, Ohio.

Survey Scope:

    1.  External hull examination (afloat condition)
    2.  Internal hull spaces accessible inspection
    3.  Machinery spaces and propulsion systems
    4.  Bridge and navigation equipment
    5.  Cargo loading equipment and systems
    6.  Safety and pollution prevention equipment
    7.  Crew competency and vessel documentation
    8.  Draft and stability verification

Survey Duration: November 18, 2024, 0800-1600 hours (8 hours)

Weather Conditions: Clear, calm, sea state 1, temperature 28°C



DETAILED SURVEY FINDINGS

A. EXTERNAL HULL CONDITION

Method: Visual inspection from shore, dock, and launch alongside vessel

Hull Plating:

    ●   Overall hull condition: EXCELLENT
    ●   No visible damage, denting, or deformation

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    ●   Paint system intact with minor weathering appropriate for 16-year-old vessel
    ●   No evidence of grounding damage or previous repairs
    ●   Waterline paint in good condition
    ●   Boot-top area clean, minimal marine growth

Specific Observations:

BOW SECTION (Frames 0-30):

    ●   Bow thruster tunnel openings clear and undamaged
    ●   Stem bar and forefoot area examined - no damage
    ●   Anchor hawse pipes clear
    ●   Bulbous bow visible above waterline - no damage or deformation
    ●   Bow plating fair and smooth

MIDSHIP SECTION (Frames 30-130):

    ●   Shell plating straight and fair
    ●   No buckling, denting, or indentation
    ●   Bilge keel attachments secure
    ●   Loading manifold area examined - no leakage or damage
    ●   Sea chest gratings secure and clear

STERN SECTION (Frames 130-165):

    ●   Stern frame and transom fair and undamaged
    ●   Rudder visible above waterline - no damage
    ●   Propeller partially visible - blades appear undamaged
    ●   Stern tube seal housing examined - no oil leakage
    ●   Counter stern area fair and undamaged

UNDERBODY (visible areas):

    ●   Bottom paint in good condition (applied during November 2023 drydocking)
    ●   Anti-fouling coating effective; minimal marine growth
    ●   No visible damage to bottom plating
    ●   CRITICAL FINDING: No indication of prior bottom damage, repairs, or weak areas that
        would compromise hull integrity

Draft Marks:

    ●   Forward draft marks: Clear and legible
    ●   Midship draft marks: Clear and legible
    ●   Aft draft marks: Clear and legible
    ●   Loadline marks: Clearly visible and compliant

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TERMINAL SERVICES AGREEMENT

Between Cooper/Jeffries Energy Corporation and Black Lodge Petroleum Logistics LLC



PARTIES

TERMINAL OPERATOR:
 Black Lodge Petroleum Logistics LLC
 ("BLPL" or "Operator")
 Principal Place of Business: 1847 River Terminal Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45204
 Ohio Limited Liability Company
 Registered Agent: National Registered Agents, Inc.

CUSTOMER:
 Cooper/Jeffries Energy Corporation
 ("C/J" or "Customer")
 Principal Place of Business: 1200 Energy Plaza, Houston, Texas 77002
 Delaware Corporation

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2020



RECITALS

WHEREAS, BLPL owns and operates a liquid bulk petroleum storage and transfer terminal
facility located on the Ohio River at Cincinnati, Ohio (the "Terminal");

WHEREAS, the Terminal includes vessel berthing facilities, cargo transfer systems, storage
tanks, and related infrastructure for the receipt, storage, and delivery of petroleum products;

WHEREAS, C/J is engaged in the business of refining, transporting, and marketing petroleum
products and requires terminal services for receiving crude oil and petroleum products via
marine vessels and barges;

WHEREAS, C/J desires to utilize BLPL's Terminal facilities for the receipt and storage of
petroleum products, and BLPL desires to provide such services;

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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein,
and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:



ARTICLE 1 - DEFINITIONS

1.1 "Applicable Laws" means all federal, state, and local laws, statutes, regulations,
ordinances, codes, rules, permits, and orders applicable to the Terminal operations or the
services provided hereunder, including but not limited to environmental laws, maritime laws, and
U.S. Coast Guard regulations.

1.2 "Berth" means the specific vessel berthing location(s) at the Terminal designated for vessel
mooring, loading, and discharging operations, including Berth 3 and Berth 4 as identified in
Exhibit A.

1.3 "Hazardous Condition" means any physical condition, obstruction, defect, or circumstance
at or near the Terminal that creates a risk to the safe navigation, mooring, loading, or
discharging of vessels, including but not limited to submerged objects, inadequate depth,
structural deficiencies, or unsafe fendering.

1.4 "Product" means crude oil, refined petroleum products, and other liquid hydrocarbons
suitable for handling at the Terminal.

1.5 "Vessel" means any tanker, barge, or other watercraft used by or on behalf of Customer for
the transportation of Product to or from the Terminal.

1.6 "Approaches" means the navigable waterways, channels, and water areas adjacent to and
leading to the Berths, including the designated vessel approach channel in the Ohio River and
any required turning basin.



ARTICLE 2 - SCOPE OF SERVICES

2.1 TERMINAL SERVICES

Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, BLPL agrees to provide the following
services to Customer:

(a) Vessel Berthing Services: Access to berthing facilities for Customer's Vessels at the
designated Berths;

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(b) Cargo Transfer Services: Connection of Vessel cargo systems to Terminal pipelines and
pumping systems for the transfer of Product between Vessel and Terminal;

(c) Storage Services: Storage of Customer's Product in designated storage tanks at the
Terminal;

(d) Pipeline Services: Transfer of Product via Terminal pipeline systems to Customer's refinery
or other designated delivery points;

(e) Ancillary Services: Provision of utilities, fire protection, security, and other services
reasonably necessary for Terminal operations.

2.2 HOURS OF OPERATION

The Terminal operates twenty-four (24) hours per day, seven (7) days per week, subject to:

(a) Planned maintenance shutdowns (with thirty (30) days' advance notice);
 (b) Emergency shutdowns for safety or regulatory compliance;
 (c) Weather conditions preventing safe operations;
 (d) Force majeure events as defined in Article 14.

2.3 OPERATIONAL LIMITATIONS

Customer acknowledges the following operational limitations at the Terminal:

(a) Maximum Vessel Size: LOA 200 meters, Beam 35 meters
 (b) Maximum Draft: 13.0 meters at Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW)
 (c) Minimum Underkeel Clearance: 1.5 meters
 (d) Tidal Restrictions: Certain operations restricted during low tide periods
 (e) Air Draft Restrictions: 45 meters (due to overhead power lines)
 (f) Transfer Rate: Up to 5,000 barrels per hour per berth



ARTICLE 3 - SAFE BERTH AND NAVIGATION SAFETY

3.1 SAFE BERTH WARRANTY

BLPL warrants and represents that the Berths designated for Customer's use under this
Agreement are safe berths where Customer's Vessels can:

(a) Proceed to the Berth safely, with adequate water depth and freedom from obstructions in
the Approaches;

(b) Lie at the Berth safely afloat at all times, including at all states of tide, weather, and
loading conditions;

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        OPA 90 Compliance: Full Text Repor  t, Analysis,
                        Templates, and Checklists































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Facility             Response             Plan             (FRP)             outlines             the             organization,             operations,             personnel,             equipment,             and
procedures         the         facility         will         use         to         respond         to         a         worst-case         discharge         of               oil.         The         plan         addresses
prevention                measures,                initial                actions                upon                discover y,                containment                and                recover y                tactics,                waste-
handling procedures, communications and notifications, resources and contractor commitments, and
the    incident    command    system    (ICS)    to    be    used.    The    plan    is    reviewed    at    least    annually    and    updated
whenever        significant        operational        changes        occur.        All        drills,        training,        and        exercises        are        documented
and stored in the facility’s compliance binder.

Table of        Contents
1.    Executive Summar y
2.    Backg round: Oil Pollution Act of       1990 (OPA 90) — high-level description
3.    Regulator y framework & key implementing regulations
4.    Thorough analysis of       OPA 90 (liability, defenses, enforcement, natural resource damages,
      interplay with other statutes)
5.    Detailed compliance requirements and recommended content for :
      •  Facility Response Plans (FRPs)
      •  Vessel Response Plans (VRPs)
      •  Records of       Drills and Exercises
      •  Proof       of       Financial Responsibility (POFR)
6.    Record keeping, audits, inspections, and enforcement readiness
7.    Templates and checklists (FRP Table of       Contents, VRP Table of       Contents, Drill Log template,
      Financial Responsibility checklist)
8.    Sample slide deck outline (contents for PowerPoint)
9.    Appendix: Sug gested regulator y citations and authorities (broad references)















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1. Executive Summar y
The Oil Pollution Act of       1990 (OPA 90) created a statutor y framework that expanded prevention,
preparedness, response, liability, and financial responsibility requirements for oil facilities and vessels
operating in U.S. waters. Regulated parties must maintain robust, cur rent Facility Response Plans
(FRPs) or Vessel Response Plans (VRPs), document training and exercises, and demonstrate
adequate financial resources to cover removal and damage costs. This document explains what to
include in each required plan and record, analyzes legal exposure and enforcement mechanisms
under OPA 90, and provides ready-to-use templates and checklists for compliance.

2. Background: OPA 90 — high-level
  •      OPA 90 was enacted in the after math of       major oil spills (notably the Exxon Valdez) to
         strengthen prevention and response capabilities and to ensure responsible parties are
         financially responsible for spills.
  •      OPA imposes obligations on “responsible parties” (owners/operators of       vessels or facilities)
         to prepare for and respond to oil discharges, and makes them liable for removal costs and
         damages to natural resources, property, and certain economic losses.
  •      The statute works alongside the National Contingency Plan (NCP) and implementing
         regulations by the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and
         the Department of       Transportation’s NPFC for financial responsibility and claims.

3. Regulator y framework & key implementing regulations (over view)
(These are the primar y regulator y frameworks used to implement and enforce OPA requirements;
consult the regulations and agency guidance for the precise text.)
  •      Oil Pollution Act of        1990 — codified broadly at 33 U.S .C. § 2701 et seq. (OPA’s statutes and
         definitions).
  •      National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP) — 40
         C.F.R. Part 300 — sets the str ucture for federal response actions and coordination.
  •      U.S. Coast Guard implementing regulations for FRPs and VRPs — commonly found in 33
         C.F.R. Parts 154 (facilities) and 155 (vessels & marine transfer operations).
  •      National Pollution Funds Center (NPFC) policies — financial responsibility, claims
         processing, and the Oil Spill Liability Tr ust Fund (OSLTF).
  •      State and local laws — may impose additional requirements, notification timelines, or cost-
         recover y mechanisms.

4. Thorough legal analysis of        OPA 90
A. Who is a “responsible par ty”?
  •      Under OPA, a “responsible party” generally includes vessel owners/operators and facility
         owners/operators (including lessees/operators of       onshore and offshore facilities). The



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         responsible party bears primar y financial responsibility for removal and damages resulting
         from a discharge of       oil.

B. Scope of        liability
   •     Strict liability for removal costs and damages: Responsible parties are typically strictly
         liable for removal costs and certain categ ories of       damages resulting from oil discharges
         (including injur y to natural resources, loss of       subsistence use, property damages, lost
         revenues, increased cost of       public ser vices).
   •     Categories of        compensable damages under OPA include: removal costs, natural resource
         damages (NRD), loss of       real or personal property value, loss of       subsistence use, loss of       tax
         revenue, lost profits and earning capacity, and uncompensated clean-up and preventive costs.
   •     Statute of        limitations and claims: OPA sets statutor y timeframes for presenting
         administrative claims and for civil actions; tr ustee authorities for NRD are often federal/
         state/local natural resource tr ustees.

C . Defenses and limits
   •     OPA recognizes a few nar row defenses to liability (generally by showing that the discharge
         was caused solely by: (1) an act of       God; (2) an act of       war; or (3) an act or omission of       a
         third party other than an employee or agent of       the responsible party).
   •     For many types of       responsible parties, OPA reduced or eliminated certain traditional
         maritime liability limits, increasing the exposure of       parties. (Apply cur rent r ules and limits
         per vessel/facility type and applicable regulations.)

D. Financial responsibility
   •     Entities must demonstrate ong oing financial responsibility (e.g., insurance, surety bond, letter
         of       credit, guaranty) sufficient to cover potential liabilities. The required amount depends on
         the type of       vessel/facility and operating area. The NPFC receives and administers financial
         responsibility documentation and the OSLTF.

E. Federal response authority
   •     The federal g overnment (via the NCP and the Federal On-Scene Coordinator — often EPA
         or USCG depending on location) can direct response actions and seek reimbursement of
         federal removal costs from the responsible party.
   •     The Oil Spill Liability Tr ust Fund (OSLTF) can be used by the federal g overnment to
         finance cleanup actions and later recover costs from the responsible party.







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F. Natural Resource Damages (NRD)
  •      Natural resource tr ustees (federal and state entities) may assess NRD and require restoration
         or compensation. NRD assessments are a separate damage stream and may be pursued in
         addition to removal costs.

G. Criminal and civil enforcement
  •      OPA provides for civil penalties for violations (e.g., failure to report, failure to maintain
         required plans, inadequate preparedness). Knowing or willful violations can result in criminal
         penalties.
  •      Enforcement tools include civil suits, administrative penalties, debar ment from contracting,
         vessel detention, and criminal prosecution for willful violations.

H. Inter play with other statutes
  •      OPA often overlaps with the Clean Water Act (CWA), Resource Conser vation and Recover y
         Act (RCRA), Endangered Species Act (ESA) (for impacts), CERCLA (in limited instances),
         and state oil pollution laws. Coordination among agencies is common.

I. Practical compliance implications
  •      Because liability is significant and defenses nar row, the practical approach is to (1) prevent
         releases through robust safety and maintenance; (2) maintain approved response plans
         (FRP/VRP); (3) conduct and document frequent drills; (4) maintain clear, cur rent POFR
         documentation; and (5) maintain g ood communications with regulators and local responders.

5. Detailed compliance requirements & what to include
Below are the recommended, detailed contents for FRPs and VRPs and the records you must
maintain.

A. Facility Response Plans (FRPs) — recommended contents
Front Matter
  •      Facility name, address, owner/operator contact details
  •      Date of       plan issue and revision histor y
  •      Regulator y approvals and submission dates

1. Executive Summar y
  •      Facility description, operations, and materials handled
  •      Worst-case discharge scenario summar y (volume and environmental sensitivities)
  •      Response objectives




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SURVEYOR'S ASSESSMENT - EXTERNAL HULL:

       "The external hull of the M/V RED ROOM is in excellent condition with no damage,
       defects, or areas of concern. The hull plating appears fair, straight, and properly
       maintained. There is no evidence of any condition that would make the hull
       more susceptible to penetration from external objects during normal
       navigation."



B. INTERNAL HULL SPACES

Spaces Inspected:

    ●   Representative cargo tanks (Nos. 4, 7, 10)
    ●   Selected ballast tanks (DB 3, Wing Ballast 6P)
    ●   Pump room
    ●   Cofferdams
    ●   Void spaces

General Condition: All internal spaces inspected were found to be in GOOD TO EXCELLENT
condition.

CARGO TANKS (Representative Sample):

Center Cargo Tank No. 4:

    ●   Entered tank for internal inspection
    ●   Tank coating (epoxy): Good condition, >95% intact
    ●   Structural members: No corrosion, cracking, or deformation
    ●   Tank bottom: Clean, dry, no debris or residue
    ●   Heating coils: Secured and undamaged
    ●   Internal structural integrity: EXCELLENT

Center Cargo Tank No. 7:

    ●   Entered tank for internal inspection
    ●   Tank coating: Good condition, minor localized coating breakdown (<1% area)
    ●   Frames and longitudinals: Straight and properly attached
    ●   No evidence of leakage from adjacent tanks or sea
    ●   Cleanliness: Excellent (prepared for crude oil cargo)
    ●   Internal structural integrity: EXCELLENT

Center Cargo Tank No. 10:

    ●   Entered tank for internal inspection

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    ●   Tank coating: Excellent condition
    ●   Structural members all sound
    ●   No corrosion, pitting, or wastage observed
    ●   Tank preparation for cargo: SATISFACTORY

BALLAST TANKS:

Double Bottom Tank No. 3:

    ●   Manhole inspection conducted
    ●   Internal coating: Good with localized breakdown (5% area)
    ●   No significant corrosion
    ●   Tank dry, no water accumulation
    ●   Structural members sound

Wing Ballast Tank 6 Port:

    ●   Internal inspection via manhole
    ●   Coating condition: Fair to good
    ●   Minor surface corrosion in areas of coating failure (typical for ballast tanks)
    ●   No structural damage or deformation
    ●   Tank integrity: SATISFACTORY

PUMP ROOM:

    ●   Clean and well-maintained
    ●   Cargo pumps (3 units) in good condition
    ●   No oil leakage from pumps or piping
    ●   Bilges dry
    ●   Fire detection and suppression systems functional
    ●   Ventilation adequate
    ●   Lighting good
    ●   Emergency escape routes clear

SURVEYOR'S ASSESSMENT - INTERNAL SPACES:

       "All internal hull spaces inspected were found to be in satisfactory to excellent
       condition. Tank coatings are generally in good condition appropriate for vessel age.
       Structural members show no signs of excessive corrosion, cracking, or deformation.
       The internal hull structure is sound and fit for service."



C. HULL INTEGRITY AND WATERTIGHT SUBDIVISION

Watertight Integrity Test:

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Method: Visual inspection and examination of closure devices, gaskets, and seals

Watertight Doors:

    ●   All watertight doors tested for closure
    ●   Gaskets and seals in good condition
    ●   Dogs and closure mechanisms operational
    ●   No evidence of leakage or previous water ingress

Watertight Bulkheads:

    ●   Bulkhead penetrations inspected and found properly sealed
    ●   No cracks or visible defects in bulkheads
    ●   Paint condition on bulkheads good (indicates no moisture/leakage)

Tank Boundaries:

    ●   No evidence of leakage between cargo tanks
    ●   No evidence of sea water ingress into ballast or cargo tanks
    ●   Bulkhead test certificates reviewed and found current

Bilge System:

    ●   Bilges in machinery spaces generally dry
    ●   Bilge wells inspected - minimal water accumulation (normal)
    ●   Bilge alarms tested and functional
    ●   Bilge pumps tested and operational

CRITICAL FINDING - HULL WATERTIGHT INTEGRITY:

       "The hull of the M/V RED ROOM demonstrates excellent watertight integrity. All
       subdivision bulkheads, doors, and closures are in proper condition. There is no
       evidence of any pre-existing hull damage, leakage, or compromised
       watertight integrity that would affect the vessel's ability to safely carry cargo or
       withstand normal navigation hazards."



D. MACHINERY AND PROPULSION SYSTEMS

Main Engine (Hyundai-MAN B&W 6S60MC-C):

Operational Test Conducted: Yes (November 18, 2024, 1130-1145 hours during engine trials)

    ●   Engine started normally and ran smoothly
    ●   No abnormal vibration, noise, or smoke
    ●   All cylinders firing properly

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    ●   Fuel oil pressure: Normal (within manufacturer's specifications)
    ●   Lubricating oil pressure: Normal
    ●   Cooling water temperature: Normal
    ●   Exhaust gas temperature: Normal (all cylinders balanced within 20°C)
    ●   Engine performance: SATISFACTORY

Propulsion Shaft:

    ●   Shaft turning freely with no binding or unusual noise
    ●   No excessive vibration during operation
    ●   Stern tube temperature normal
    ●   No visible oil leakage from stern tube seal

Steering Gear:

    ●   Test conducted: Full port to full starboard and return
    ●   Response time: 26 seconds (35° to 35°) - WITHIN SOLAS REQUIREMENTS (≤28 sec)
    ●   No abnormal noise or vibration
    ●   Hydraulic oil level adequate
    ●   No leaks detected
    ●   Autopilot tested and operational
    ●   Emergency steering tested and operational
    ●   Steering gear: FULLY OPERATIONAL

Auxiliary Engines:

    ●   Three diesel generators installed
    ●   All three generators tested under load
    ●   Performance normal
    ●   No overheating or abnormal operation
    ●   Auxiliary power: ADEQUATE AND RELIABLE

Electrical Systems:

    ●   Main switchboard inspected - clean and well-maintained
    ●   Emergency generator tested - started automatically on power failure simulation
    ●   Battery banks tested - all charged and functional
    ●   Navigation lights tested - all operational
    ●   Emergency lighting tested - functional

Propeller (Limited Inspection - Afloat):

    ●   Propeller rotation observed during engine trials
    ●   No evidence of abnormal vibration suggesting blade damage
    ●   Note: Full propeller inspection only possible during drydocking

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SURVEYOR'S ASSESSMENT - MACHINERY:

       "All machinery and propulsion systems tested during this survey were found to be in
       good working order and fully operational. The main engine, steering gear, and
       auxiliary systems are all capable of supporting the intended voyage. No deficiencies
       were identified."



E. NAVIGATION AND COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT

Bridge Inspection Conducted: November 18, 2024, 1400-1500 hours

Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS):

    ●   Two independent ECDIS systems installed (primary and backup)
    ●   Chart database current (updated November 10, 2024)
    ●   Route from Puerto Miranda to Cincinnati pre-loaded and verified
    ●   GPS input confirmed accurate
    ●   Alarms tested and functional
    ●   ECDIS: FULLY OPERATIONAL

Radar Systems:

    ●   X-band radar (Furuno): Operational, display clear, target acquisition good
    ●   S-band radar (JRC): Operational, ARPA functional
    ●   Both radars tested with performance monitors - results satisfactory
    ●   Radar systems: FULLY OPERATIONAL

GPS (Global Positioning System):

    ●   Two GPS receivers installed and operational
    ●   Position accuracy verified: HDOP 0.8 (excellent)
    ●   DGPS corrections being received
    ●   Position plotted against charted position - ACCURATE

AIS (Automatic Identification System):

    ●   AIS Class A transceiver operational
    ●   Transmitting vessel data correctly
    ●   Receiving targets from nearby vessels
    ●   Vessel particulars verified correct
    ●   AIS: FULLY OPERATIONAL

Gyrocompass:

    ●   Gyro settled and operating normally

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2. Risk Assessment & Worst-Case Discharge Analysis
  •      Process flow diag rams showing potential leak points
  •      Calculations of       worst-case discharge volumes and likely spill trajectories
  •      Weather, cur rents, and sensitivity maps (GIS overlays recommended)
  •      Environmental and socio-economic sensitivity index (shorelines, habitats, protected areas)

3. Prevention Program
  •      Maintenance and inspection prog rams
  •      Leak detection systems and safety devices
  •      Operational controls and safety management (per mit-to-work, hot work controls)

4. Response Organization and Roles
  •      Incident Command System (ICS) str ucture for the facility
  •      Named response coordinator(s) and alternates (with qualifications)
  •      Local authority and mutual aid contacts

5. Notification Procedures
  •      Step-by-step notification checklist for federal, state, and local agencies (phone and email)
  •      Public notification and media protocols

6. Equipment and Resources
  •      Detailed inventor y of       spill response equipment (booms, skimmers, storage tanks, pumps) —
         include capacities, locations, and maintenance status
  •      Contracts with Oil Spill Removal Organizations (OSROs) and response vendors — include
         copies of       contractual commitments and mobilization timelines
  •      Vessel/shore support and towing/salvage resources

7. Response Strategies and Tactics
  •      Immediate actions (containment, diversion) and recover y strategies for multiple scenarios
  •      Strategies for protecting shorelines, critical habitats, and infrastr ucture
  •      Waste handling and disposal procedures

8. Personnel Training & Competency
  •      Training prog ram descriptions, frequency, competency standards
  •      Qualification matrix for key positions (Response Coordinator, ICS roles)

9. Drills and Exercises
  •      Drill schedule (notification drills, equipment deployment, full-scale exercises)
  •      Procedures for documenting and evaluating drill outcomes

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10. Waste Management and Disposal
  •      Procedures for handling contaminated materials and oily waste
  •      Approved transporters and disposal facilities

11. Plan Maintenance and Revision Procedures
  •      Requirements for for mal plan review and update trig gers (e.g., operational changes, new
         equipment, after-action items from drills)
  •      Document control processes

12. Appendices
  •      Contact lists (emergency, regulator y, contractors)
  •      Maps and diag rams (site plans, mooring areas, access roads)
  •      Copies of       contracts/letters of       ag reement with OSROs
  •      Equipment manifests and maintenance logs

Submission & Approval
  •      FRPs are filed with and, where required, approved by the USCG (or other designated
         authority). Include proof       of       submittal/approval pages and any conditional approvals.

B. Vessel Response Plans (VRPs) — recommended contents
Front Matter
  •      Vessel name, owner/operator, flag, tonnage, IMO number (if       applicable)
  •      Date of       issuance and revision histor y

1. Pur pose and Applicability
  •      Where and when plan applies (ter ritorial waters, inland routes)

2. Qualified Individual (QI)
  •      Name and contact infor mation for the Qualified Individual authorized to act for the
         responsible party
  •      Statement of       QI authority and hours of       availability (24/7)

3. Response Organization
  •      Shipboard emergency procedures (alar m, muster, initial response)
  •      ICS or comparable command str ucture during an incident
  •      Duties and roles for crew members

4. Shipboard Procedures
  •      Steps for minimizing discharge (isolation of       tanks, shutting down transfer operations)

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  •      Onboard equipment inventor y (pumps, booms, firefighting gear)

5. Contracted Resources
  •      Ag reements with OSROs, salvors, tugs, and marine firefighting resources — include
         mobilization timelines and capacity infor mation

6. Geographic-Specific Appendix
  •      Maps and guidance for specific operating areas (e.g., Captain of       the Port zones,
         environmentally sensitive areas)
  •      Any COTP-prepared area contingency specifics

7. Communication & Notification
  •      Notification procedures for authorities, port operators, and Company HQ
  •      Command center communications and redundancy

8. Drills, Training & Exercises
  •      Required drill schedule (frequency by drill type) and documentation templates

9. Plan Review
  •      Five-year for mal review requirement; update trig gers and minor revision handling

10. Appendices
  •      Contact lists, certificates of       insurance or POFR references, sample mobilization letters, and
         copies of       OSRO ag reements
Submission
  •      VRPs must be filed with the USCG and kept cur rent. Provide proof       of       filing/approval.

C . Records of        Drills, Exercises, & Training — required contents
Maintain records that show competence and readiness. For each drill/exercise/training event
include:
  •      Title/Type of        Activity: notification, tabletop, equipment deployment, full-scale, combined
         incidents
  •      Date and Time
  •      Duration
  •      Location
  •      Pur pose and Objectives
  •      Scenario Description
  •      Par ticipants: names, titles, organizations (onsite and local responders)
  •      Equipment Deployed: list and serials/IDs

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  •      Perfor mance Metrics: response time, containment time, recover y volume (if       simulated),
         communications effectiveness
  •      Obser ver/Evaluator Repor ts: for mal perfor mance evaluation
  •      After-Action Repor t (AAR): lessons learned, cor rective actions, implementation timeline,
         responsible party
  •      Sign-off: facility/vessel management approval of       AAR

Keep these records for a period consistent with regulator y requirements—commonly several years
—and make them available for inspections.

D. Proof        of        Financial Responsibility (POFR)
What to maintain and present:
  •      Cur rent insurance policy declarations and schedule specifying coverage for oil spill removal
         and liability (policy number, coverage amount, effective dates)
  •      Surety bonds or letters of       credit — with originals or certified copies and verification of
         validity/expiration
  •      Guarantees or parent company indemnities (with appropriate financial statements if
         requested)
  •      Evidence of       NPFC filings and acceptance (if       required) — documentation showing the
         NPFC has been supplied required infor mation; keep any NPFC-issued references or
         certificate numbers
  •      Financial calculation worksheets showing how the required POFR amount was deter mined
         (include vessel tank capacities, type of       oil, route/area factors)
Keep POFR cur rent — many financial instr uments expire annually and must be renewed with
sufficient lead time to prevent gaps.

6. Record keeping, audits, inspections, and enforcement readiness
Audit readiness checklist
  •      Centralized binder (physical and electronic) with plan versions and approval letters
  •      Designated compliance officer and alternate who manages OPA documents and regulator y
         communications
  •      Indexed drill records and AARs with remediation tracking (show ‘open’ and ‘closed’
         cor rective actions)
  •      Cur rent POFR documents and contact for insurer/underwriter
  •      Up-to-date contract copies with OSROs, salvors, and waste vendors
  •      Log of       plan reviews and trig gered updates





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Be proactive with regulators
  •      Submit required plan updates timely and respond quickly to regulator requests. Document all
         communications (emails, calls, meeting minutes).

7. Templates and checklists

A. FRP — Suggested Table of        Contents (text)
  1.     Cover page and revision histor y
  2.     Executive Summar y
  3.     Facility description & operations
  4.     Risk assessment and worst-case discharge
  5.     Prevention prog ram
  6.     Response organization and ICS chart
  7.     Notification procedures
  8.     Equipment inventor y and contracts
  9.     Response strategies and tactics
  10.    Personnel training and qualifications
  11.    Drills and exercise prog ram
  12.    Waste management plan
  13.    Plan maintenance and revision procedures
  14.    Appendices (contacts, maps, contracts, equipment specs)

B. VRP — Suggested Table of        Contents
  1.     Cover & revision histor y
  2.     Purpose & applicability
  3.     Qualified Individual (QI) details
  4.     Shipboard emergency procedures
  5.     Shipboard equipment list
  6.     Contracted resources and OSRO ag reements
  7.     Geog raphic-specific appendices
  8.     Communications & notification
  9.     Drills & training schedule
  10.    Plan review and updates
  11.    Appendices (contact lists, insurance/POFR references)

C . Financial Responsibility Checklist (text)
  •      Cur rent insurance declarations page (Yes/No; expir y date)
  •      Cur rent surety bond or letter of       credit (Yes/No; expir y date)
  •      NPFC filing reference or certificate (Yes/No)

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├── Black Lodge Counsel/
│   ├── Black Lodge Internal Communications/
│   │   ├── Email correspondence discussing March 2020 deliveries.docx
│   │   ├── Note to self (by junior BLPL inhouse counsel).docx
│   │   └── Partial BLPL Employee List.docx
│   ├── BLPL Umbrella Insurance Policy.docx
│   └── Shell_asbatankvoy_charter_party_form.pdf
├── Claims-Risk Management Counsel/
│   ├── Unassigned Documents/
│   │   ├── 18-565_20191105-argument.mp3
│   │   ├── 2013-0462.resp Brief for the US in Opposition.pdf
│   │   ├── 250538_Brief in Opposition for Respondent Frescati.pdf
│   │   ├── CITGO Asphalt Refining Co. v. Frescati Shipping Co. Oral Arguments 11052019.pdf
│   │   ├── CitgoReply.pdf
│   │   └── Supreme Court Considers Safe Berth Warranty.pdf
│   ├── [DRAFT] Comprehensive Insurance Porfolio Coverage Opinion.docx
│   ├── [DRAFT] Hull and Machinery Insurance Policy.docx
│   ├── [DRAFT] Marine Excess Liability Insurance Policy.docx
│   ├── [DRAFT] Marine General Liability Insurance Policy.docx
│   ├── [DRAFT] Marine Pollution Legal Liability Insurance Policy.docx
│   ├── [DRAFT] Protection and Indemnity Insurance Policy.docx
│   ├── [DRAFT] Tender Letter 1 - Charterers Liability.docx
│   ├── [DRAFT] Tender Letter 2 - Terminal Operators Liability.docx
│   ├── [DRAFT] Tender Letter 3 - Marine Pollution Legal Liability.docx
│   ├── [DRAFT] Tender Letter 4 - Marine Excess Liability.docx
│   ├── [DRAFT] Tender Letter 5 - Protection & Indemnity Oil Pollution.docx
│   ├── [DRAFT] Tender Letter 6 - Marine General Liability.docx
│   ├── [DRAFT] Terminal Operators Liability Insurance Policy.docx
│   ├── [DRAFT] Water Quality Oil Pollution Insurance Policy.docx
│   ├── [DRAFT} Charterers Liability Charterers Protection and Indemnity Insurance Policy.docx
│   ├── [FINAL] Hull and Machinery Insurance Policy.docx
│   └── [FINAL] Protection and Indemnity Insurance Policy.docx
├── Cooper-Jeffries In-House Counsel/
│   ├── OSLTF Coordination File/
│   │   ├── COFR Verification_V1.docx
│   │   ├── COFR Verification_V2.docx
│   │   ├── Incident Notification to NPFC_Star Tankers International Ltd_.docx
│   │   └── NPFC_Responsible Party Designation Letter_Nov 21.docx
│   ├── Settlement Negotiations/
│   │   ├── Executive Settlement Memo_CONFIDENTIAL.docx
│   │   ├── EXHIBIT A_ COST DOCUMENTATION FORMAT.docx
│   │   ├── EXHIBIT B_ SHARED LITIGATION BUDGET.docx
│   │   ├── EXHIBIT C_ BLPL CLAIMS SUMMARY.docx
│   │   ├── Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release.docx
│   │   ├── Settlement Strategy_Presentation(1).pptx
│   │   └── Settlement Strategy_Presentation.pptx
│   ├── Vessel Inspection Documentation/
│   │   ├── Document Index_Inspection Records.docx
│   │   ├── EXPERT MARINE CASUALTY INVESTIGATION REPORT.docx
│   │   ├── EXPERT MARINE CASUALTY INVESTIGATION REPORT_OFFICIAL.pdf
│   │   ├── Flag State (Panama) Inspection Reports.docx
│   │   ├── Flag State (Panama) Inspection Reports_OFFICIAL COPY.pdf
│   │   ├── Lloyd_s Register Classification Society Surveys.docx
│   │   ├── Lloyd_s Register Classification Society Surveys_OFFICIAL.pdf
│   │   ├── MASTER_S SEAWORTHINESS DECLARATION [FINAL_Copy].pdf
│   │   ├── MASTER_S SEAWORTHINESS DECLARATION.docx
│   │   ├── PASSAGE PLAN - VENEZUELA TO CINCINNATI.docx
│   │   ├── PASSAGE PLAN - VENEZUELA TO CINCINNATI_OFFICIAL.pdf
│   │   ├── Port State Control Inspection_Aug 11, 2024.docx
│   │   ├── Port State Control Inspection_Aug 11, 2024_LATEST.pdf
│   │   ├── POST-CASUALTY HULL DAMAGE SURVEY.docx
│   │   ├── POST-CASUALTY HULL DAMAGE SURVEY_LATEST COPY.pdf
│   │   ├── Pre-Voyage Hull & Machinery Survey.docx
│   │   ├── Pre-Voyage Hull & Machinery Survey_Final Copy.pdf
│   │   ├── U.S. Coast Guard Certificate of Compliance.docx
│   │   └── U.S. Coast Guard Certificate of Compliance_OFFICIAL COPY.pdf
│   ├── C_J_CONFIDENTIAL_OPA 90 Liability Containment Master Strategy.docx
│   ├── Charter Party Agreement_FINAL DRAFT_November 2021.docx
│   ├── Charter Party Agreement_v1.docx
│   ├── FINAL_Charter Party Agreement_November 2021(1).docx
│   ├── FINAL_Charter Party Agreement_November 2021.docx
│   ├── FINAL_Charter Party Agreement_November 2021.pdf
│   ├── Legal Analysis_Safe-Berth Clause_Nov 21, 2025.docx
│   ├── Legal Analysis_Terminal Services Agreement.docx
│   ├── POLLUTION REPORT.docx
│   ├── Terminal Services Agreement w_ BLPL_FINAL COPY.docx
│   ├── Terminal Services Agreement w_ BLPL_FINAL COPY.pdf
│   └── Terminal Services Agreement w_ BLPL_FINAL.docx
├── Government Relations Attorney/
│   ├── Draft - Common Interest Agreement.docx
│   ├── Draft - Common Interest Agreement.pdf
│   ├── Draft - Consent Decree.docx
│   ├── Draft - Consent Decree.pdf
│   ├── Draft - Draft NPFC Claims Package.docx
│   ├── Draft - Draft NPFC Claims Package.pdf
│   ├── Draft - EPA penalty mitigation submissions.docx
│   ├── Draft - EPA penalty mitigation submissions.pdf
│   ├── Draft - NRDA Strategy Memo.docx
│   ├── Draft - NRDA Strategy Memo.pdf
│   ├── Draft - OPA 90 Compliance.docx
│   └── Draft - OPA 90 Compliance.pdf
├── Legal Authority/
│   ├── 3d Party Beneficiary Research/
│   │   ├── Third Party Beneficiary Article 1.docx
│   │   ├── Third Party Beneficiary Article 2.docx
│   │   └── Third Party Beneficiary Article 3.docx
│   ├── Safe berth liability/
│   │   ├── Atkins v. Fibre Disintegrating Co., 2 F. Cas. 78.pdf
│   │   ├── Atl. Sounding Co. v. Townsend, 557 U.S. 404.pdf
│   │   ├── Black Diamond S.S. Corp. v. Robert Stewart & Sons, Ltd., 336 U.S. 386.pdf
│   │   ├── Cities Service Transp. Co. v. Gulf Refining Co., 79 F.2d 521 (2d Cir. 1935).docx
│   │   ├── Davison v. Von Lingen, 113 U. S. 40.pdf
│   │   ├── Exxon Corp. v. Cent. Gulf Lines, Inc., 500 U.S. 603 (1991).pdf
│   │   ├── Fitzgerald v. U.S. Lines Co., 374 U.S. 16 (1963).docx
│   │   ├── In re Complaint of Metlife Capital Corp 132 F.3d 818 (1st Cir. 1997).docx
│   │   ├── Norfolk S. Ry. v. James N. Kirby, Pty Ltd., 543 U.S. 14 (2004).pdf
│   │   ├── One Beacon Ins. Co. v. Crowley Marine Servs., Inc., 648 F.3d 258 (5th Cir. 2011).pdf
│   │   ├── Orduna S. A. v. Zen-Noh Grain Corp., 913 F. 2d 1149.pdf
│   │   ├── Paragon Oil Co. v. Republic Tankers.pdf
│   │   ├── Park S.S. Co. v. Cities Serv. Oil Co., 188 F.2d 804 (2d Cir. 1951).pdf
│   │   ├── Safe Port and Safe Berth Warranties – Time and Voyage Charters.pdf
│   │   ├── The Rice Company (Suisse) S.A. v. Precious Flowers Ltd., 523 F.3d 528 (5th Cir. 2008).pdf
│   │   ├── Union Oil Co. v. Buffalo Marine Servs., 538 F. App’x 575 (5th Cir. 2013).pdf
│   │   ├── Venore Transp. Co. v. Oswego Shipping Corp., 498 F.2d 469 (2d Cir. 1974).docx
│   │   ├── Wilburn Boat Co. v. Fireman’s Fund Ins. Co., 348 U.S. 310 (1955).pdf
│   │   └── Yamaha Motor Corp., U.S.A. v. Calhoun, 516 U.S. 199 (1996).pdf
│   ├── Statutes/
│   │   ├── 26 U.S.C. 9509 - Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund.pdf
│   │   ├── 28 U.S.C. 1333 - Admiralty, maritime and prize cases.docx
│   │   ├── 28 U.S.C. 1333 - Admiralty, maritime and prize cases.pdf
│   │   ├── 33 U.S.C. § 2701 - Definitions.pdf
│   │   ├── 33 U.S.C. § 2702 - Elements of Liability.pdf
│   │   ├── 33 U.S.C. § 2703 - Defenses to Liability.docx
│   │   ├── 33 U.S.C. § 2703 - Defenses to Liability.pdf
│   │   ├── 33 U.S.C. § 2704 - Limits on Liability.pdf
│   │   ├── 33 U.S.C. § 2708 - Recovery by Responsible Party.docx
│   │   ├── 33 U.S.C. § 2708 - Recovery by Responsible Party.pdf
│   │   ├── 33 U.S.C. § 2713 - Claims Procedure.pdf
│   │   ├── 33 U.S.C. § 2715 - Subrogation.pdf
│   │   ├── 46 U.S.C. app. § 183 (2005) - Amount of Liability.pdf
│   │   └── ArtIII.S2.C1.12 Admiralty and Maritime Jurisdiction.docx
│   └── Admiralty and Maritime Law, Robert Force (Fed. Jud. Ctr. 2004).pdf
├── Outside Maritime Counsel Folder/
│   ├── Draft - Crew Interview Memo.docx
│   ├── Draft - Crew Interview Memo.pdf
│   ├── Draft - Evidence Preservation Letter.docx
│   ├── Draft - Evidence Preservation Letter.pdf
│   ├── Draft - Litigation Memo.docx
│   ├── Draft - Litigation Memo.pdf
│   ├── Draft - Litigation Preparation Packet.docx
│   ├── Draft - Litigation Preparation Packet.pdf
│   ├── Draft - Negotiation Memo.docx
│   ├── Draft - Negotiation Memo.pdf
│   ├── Draft Settlement Letter.docx
│   ├── Draft Settlement Letter.pdf
│   ├── Draft Third-Party Complaint(1).docx
│   ├── Draft Third-Party Complaint.docx
│   └── Draft Third-Party Complaint.pdf
└── News Article - Tanker Strikes Anchor, Spills Oil in Delaware River.docx

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Page 859              TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS                   §2704

                      Editorial Notes                              (1) exceed the amount for which a responsible
                   REFERENCES INTEXT                               party is liable (as that amount may be limited
  The Intervention on the High Seas Act, referred to in            under subsection (a)(1)), the mobile offshore
subsec. (c)(3), is Pub. L. 93–248, Feb. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 8,       drilling unit is deemed to be an offshore facil-
which is classified generally to chapter 28 (§1471 et seq.)        ity. For purposes of applying subsection (a)(3),
of this title. For complete classification of this Act to          the amount specified in that subsection shall
the Code, see Short Title note set out under section               be reduced by the amount for which the re-
1471 of this title and Tables.                                     sponsible party is liable under paragraph (1).
  This Act, referred to in subsec. (d)(5), (6), is Pub. L.       (c) Exceptions
101–380, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 484, known as the Oil            (1) Acts of responsible party
Pollution Act of 1990, which is classified principally to
this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to              Subsection (a) does not apply if the incident
the Code, see Short Title note set out under section               was proximately caused by—
2701 of this title and Tables.                                          (A) gross negligence or willful misconduct
                       AMENDMENTS                                     of, or
  2018—Subsec. (d)(5). Pub. L. 115–232 inserted ‘‘section’’             (B) the violation of an applicable Federal
before ‘‘2702(a)’’.                                                   safety, construction, or operating regulation
  2004—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 108–293 added subsec. (d).                by,
§2704. Limits on liability                                         the responsible party, an agent or employee of
(a) General rule                                                   the responsible party, or a person acting pur-
                                                                   suant to a contractual relationship with the
  Except as otherwise provided in this section,                    responsible party (except where the sole con-
the total of the liability of a responsible party                  tractual arrangement arises in connection
under section 2702 of this title and any removal                   with carriage by a common carrier by rail).
costs incurred by, or on behalf of, the respon-                    (2) Failure or refusal of responsible party
sible party, with respect to each incident shall                      Subsection (a) does not apply if the respon-
not exceed—                                                        sible party fails or refuses—
    (1) for a tank vessel the greater of—                               (A) to report the incident as required by
       (A) with respect to a single-hull vessel, in-                  law and the responsible party knows or has
    cluding a single-hull vessel fitted with dou-                     reason to know of the incident;
    ble sides only or a double bottom only, $3,000                      (B) to provide all reasonable cooperation
    per gross ton;                                                    and assistance requested by a responsible of-
       (B) with respect to a vessel other than a                      ficial in connection with removal activities;
    vessel referred to in subparagraph (A), $1,900                    or
    per gross ton; or                                                   (C) without sufficient cause, to comply
       (C)(i) with respect to a vessel greater than                   with an order issued under subsection (c) or
    3,000 gross tons that is—                                         (e) of section 1321 of this title or the Inter-
         (I) a vessel described in subparagraph                       vention on the High Seas Act (33 U.S.C. 1471
       (A), $22,000,000; or                                           et seq.).
         (II) a vessel described in subparagraph                   (3) OCS facility or vessel
       (B), $16,000,000; or                                           Notwithstanding the limitations established
       (ii) with respect to a vessel of 3,000 gross                under subsection (a) and the defenses of sec-
    tons or less that is—                                          tion 2703 of this title, all removal costs in-
         (I) a vessel described in subparagraph                    curred by the United States Government or
       (A), $6,000,000; or                                         any State or local official or agency in connec-
         (II) a vessel described in subparagraph                   tion with a discharge or substantial threat of
       (B), $4,000,000;                                            a discharge of oil from any Outer Continental
    (2) for any other vessel, $950 per gross ton or                Shelf facility or a vessel carrying oil as cargo
  $800,000, whichever is greater;                                  from such a facility shall be borne by the
    (3) for an offshore facility except a deep-                    owner or operator of such facility or vessel.
  water port, the total of all removal costs plus                  (4) Certain tank vessels
  $75,000,000; and                                                    Subsection (a)(1) shall not apply to—
    (4) for any onshore facility and a deepwater                        (A) a tank vessel on which the only oil car-
  port, $350,000,000.                                                 ried as cargo is an animal fat or vegetable
(b) Division of liability for mobile offshore drill-                  oil, as those terms are used in section 2720 of
    ing units                                                         this title; and
  (1) Treated first as tank vessel                                      (B) a tank vessel that is designated in its
    For purposes of determining the responsible                       certificate of inspection as an oil spill re-
  party and applying this Act and except as pro-                      sponse vessel (as that term is defined in sec-
  vided in paragraph (2), a mobile offshore drill-                    tion 2101 of title 46) and that is used solely
  ing unit which is being used as an offshore fa-                     for removal.
  cility is deemed to be a tank vessel with re-                  (d) Adjusting limits of liability
  spect to the discharge, or the substantial                       (1) Onshore facilities
  threat of a discharge, of oil on or above the                       Subject to paragraph (2), the President may
  surface of the water.                                            establish by regulation, with respect to any
  (2) Treated as facility for excess liability                     class or category of onshore facility, a limit of
    To the extent that removal costs and dam-                      liability under this section of less than
  ages from any incident described in paragraph                    $350,000,000, but not less than $8,000,000, taking

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§2701                      TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS                                               Page 658

Sec.                                                              eign country’s territorial sea or from the for-
2736.        Funding.                                             eign country’s continental shelf;
2737.        Limitation.                                            (11) ‘‘Fund’’ means the Oil Spill Liability
2738.        North Pacific Marine Research Institute.             Trust Fund, established by section 9509 of title
        SUBCHAPTER III—MISCELLANEOUS                              26;
2751.        Savings provision.                                     (12) ‘‘gross ton’’ has the meaning given that
2752.        Annual appropriations.                               term by the Secretary under part J of title 46;
2753.        Repealed.                                              (13) ‘‘guarantor’’ means any person, other
  SUBCHAPTER IV—OIL POLLUTION RESEARCH                            than the responsible party, who provides evi-
           AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM                                dence of financial responsibility for a respon-
2761.     Oil pollution research and development pro-             sible party under this Act;
            gram.                                                   (14) ‘‘incident’’ means any occurrence or se  -
2762.        Submerged oil program.                               ries of occurrences having the same origin, in-
SUBCHAPTER I—OIL POLLUTION LIABILITY                              volving one or more vessels, facilities, or any
               AND COMPENSATION                                   combination thereof, resulting in the dis-
                                                                  charge or substantial threat of discharge of
§2701. Definitions                                                oil;
  For the purposes of this Act, the term—                           (15) ‘‘Indian tribe’’ means any Indian tribe,
    (1) ‘‘act of God’’ means an unanticipated                     band, nation, or other organized group or com-
  grave natural disaster or other natural phe-                    munity, but not including any Alaska Native
  nomenon of an exceptional, inevitable, and ir-                  regional or village corporation, which is recog-
  resistible character the effects of which could                 nized as eligible for the special programs and
  not have been prevented or avoided by the ex-                   services provided by the United States to Indi-
  ercise of due care or foresight;                                ans because of their status as Indians and has
    (2) ‘‘barrel’’ means 42 United States gallons                 governmental authority over lands belonging
  at 60 degrees fahrenheit;                                       to or controlled by the tribe;
    (3) ‘‘claim’’ means a request, made in writ  -                  (16) ‘‘lessee’’ means a person holding a lease   -
  ing for a sum certain, for compensation for                     hold interest in an oil or gas lease on lands be-
  damages or removal costs resulting from an                      neath navigable waters (as that term is de-
  incident;                                                       fined in section 1301(a) of title 43) or on sub-
    (4) ‘‘claimant’’ means any person or govern   -               merged lands of the Outer Continental Shelf,
  ment who presents a claim for compensation                      granted or maintained under applicable State
  under this subchapter;                                          law or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act
    (5) ‘‘damages’’ means damages specified in                    (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.); (17) ‘‘liable’’ or ‘‘liability’’ shall be construed
  section 2702(b) of this title, and includes the                 to be the standard of liability which obtains
  cost of assessing these damages;                                under section 1321 of this title;
    (6) ‘‘deepwater port’’ is a facility licensed                   (18) ‘‘mobile offshore drilling unit’’ means a
  under the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 (33                        vessel (other than a self-elevating lift vessel)
  U.S.C. 1501–1524);                                              capable of use as an offshore facility;
    (7) ‘‘discharge’’ means any emission (other                     (19) ‘‘National Contingency Plan’’ means the
  than natural seepage), intentional or uninten-                  National Contingency Plan prepared and pub-
  tional, and includes, but is not limited to,                    lished under section 1321(d) of this title or re-
  spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting,                  vised under section 105 of the Comprehensive
  emptying, or dumping;                                           Environmental Response, Compensation, and
    (8) ‘‘exclusive economic zone’’ means the                     Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9605);
  zone established by Presidential Proclamation                     (20) ‘‘natural resources’’ includes land, fish,
  Numbered 5030, dated March 10, 1983, including                  wildlife, biota, air, water, ground water,
  the ocean waters of the areas referred to as                    drinking water supplies, and other such re-
  ‘‘eastern special areas’’ in Article 3(1) of the                sources belonging to, managed by, held in
  Agreement between the United States of                          trust by, appertaining to, or otherwise con-
  America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Re-                   trolled by the United States (including the re-
  publics on the Maritime Boundary, signed                        sources of the exclusive economic zone), any
  June 1, 1990;                                                   State or local government or Indian tribe, or
    (9) ‘‘facility’’ means any structure, group of                any foreign government;
  structures, equipment, or device (other than a                    (21) ‘‘navigable waters’’ means the waters of
  vessel) which is used for one or more of the                    the United States, including the territorial
  following purposes: exploring for, drilling for,                sea;
  producing, storing, handling, transferring,                       (22) ‘‘offshore facility’’ means any facility of
  processing, or transporting oil. This term in-                  any kind located in, on, or under any of the
  cludes any motor vehicle, rolling stock, or                     navigable waters of the United States, and any
  pipeline used for one or more of these pur-                     facility of any kind which is subject to the ju-
  poses;                                                          risdiction of the United States and is located
    (10) ‘‘foreign offshore unit’’ means a facility               in, on, or under any other waters, other than
  which is located, in whole or in part, in the                   a vessel or a public vessel;
  territorial sea or on the continental shelf of a                  (23) ‘‘oil’’ means oil of any kind or in any
  foreign country and which is or was used for                    form, including petroleum, fuel oil, sludge, oil
  one or more of the following purposes: explor-                  refuse, and oil mixed with wastes other than
  ing for, drilling for, producing, storing, han-                 dredged spoil, but does not include any sub-
  dling, transferring, processing, or transporting                stance which is specifically listed or des-
  oil produced from the seabed beneath the for-                   ignated as a hazardous substance under sub-

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Page 659               TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS                               §2701

  paragraphs (A) through (F) of section 101(14) of                        (II) exercises control at a level com-
  the Comprehensive Environmental Response,                            parable to that of a manager of the ves-
  Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C.                           sel or facility, such that the person has
  9601) and which is subject to the provisions of                      assumed or manifested responsibility—
  that Act [42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.];                                        (aa) for the overall management of
    (24) ‘‘onshore facility’’ means any facility                          the vessel or facility encompassing
  (including, but not limited to, motor vehicles                          day-to-day decision making with re-
  and rolling stock) of any kind located in, on,                          spect to environmental compliance; or
  or under, any land within the United States                               (bb) over all or substantially all of
  other than submerged land; (25) the term ‘‘Outer Continental Shelf facil -the operational functions (as distin-
  ity’’ means an offshore facility which is lo -                          guished from financial or administra-
  cated, in whole or in part, on the Outer Con-                           tive functions) of the vessel or facility
  tinental Shelf and is or was used for one or                            other than the function of environ-
  more of the following purposes: exploring for,                          mental compliance; and
  drilling for, producing, storing, handling,                        (B) does not include— (i) A unit of state or local government
  transferring, processing, or transporting oil                      that acquired ownership or control of a
  produced from the Outer Continental Shelf;                         vessel or facility involuntarily through—
    (26) ‘‘owner or operator’’—     (A) means—                            (I) seizure or otherwise in connection
         (i) in the case of a vessel, any person                       with law enforcement activity; (II) bankruptcy;
      owning, operating, or chartering by de-                             (III) tax delinquency;
      mise, the vessel; (ii) in the case of an onshore or offshore        (IV) abandonment; or
      facility, any person owning or operating                            (V) other circumstances in which the
      such facility;                                                   government involuntarily acquires title
         (iii) in the case of any abandoned off-                       by virtue of its function as sovereign;
      shore facility, the person who owned or op-                      (ii) a person that is a lender that does
      erated such facility immediately prior to                      not participate in management of a vessel
      such abandonment;                                              or facility, but holds indicia of ownership
         (iv) in the case of any facility, title or                  primarily to protect the security interest
      control of which was conveyed due to                           of the person in the vessel or facility; or
      bankruptcy, foreclosure, tax delinquency,                        (iii) a person that is a lender that did not
      abandonment, or similar means to a unit                        participate in management of a vessel or
      of State or local government, any person                       facility prior to foreclosure, notwithstand-
      who owned, operated, or otherwise con-                         ing that the person— (I) forecloses on the vessel or facility;
      trolled activities at such facility imme-                        and
      diately beforehand;                                                 (II) after foreclosure, sells, re-leases (in
         (v) notwithstanding subparagraph (B)(i),                      the case of a lease finance transaction),
      and in the same manner and to the same                           or liquidates the vessel or facility, main-
      extent, both procedurally and sub-                               tains business activities, winds up oper-
      stantively, as any nongovernmental en-                           ations, undertakes a removal action
      tity, including for purposes of liability                        under section 1321(c) of this title or
      under section 2702 of this title, any State                      under the direction of an on-scene co-
      or local government that has caused or                           ordinator appointed under the National
      contributed to a discharge or substantial                        Contingency Plan, with respect to the
      threat of a discharge of oil from a vessel or                    vessel or facility, or takes any other
      facility ownership or control of which was                       measure to preserve, protect, or prepare
      acquired involuntarily through— (I) seizure or otherwise in connection the vessel or facility prior to sale or dis-
         with law enforcement activity;                                position,
           (II) bankruptcy;                                          if the person seeks to sell, re-lease (in the
           (III) tax delinquency;                                    case of a lease finance transaction), or
           (IV) abandonment; or                                      otherwise divest the person of the vessel or
           (V) other circumstances in which the                      facility at the earliest practicable, com-
         government involuntarily acquires title                     mercially reasonable time, on commer-
         by virtue of its function as sovereign;                     cially reasonable terms, taking into ac-
         (vi) notwithstanding subparagraph                           count market conditions and legal and
      (B)(ii), a person that is a lender and that                    regulatory requirements;
      holds indicia of ownership primarily to                      (27) ‘‘person’’ means an individual, corpora  -
      protect a security interest in a vessel or                 tion, partnership, association, State, munici-
      facility if, while the borrower is still in                pality, commission, or political subdivision of
      possession of the vessel or facility encum-                a State, or any interstate body;
      bered by the security interest, the per-                     (28) ‘‘permittee’’ means a person holding an
      son— (I) exercises decision making control                 authorization, license, or permit for geological
         over the environmental compliance re-                   exploration issued under section 11 of the
         lated to the vessel or facility, such that              Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C.
         the person has undertaken responsibility                1340) or applicable State law; (29) ‘‘public vessel’’ means a vessel owned or

         for oil handling or disposal practices re-              bareboat chartered and operated by the United
         lated to the vessel or facility; or                     States, or by a State or political subdivision

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§2701                      TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS                                             Page 660

  thereof, or by a foreign nation, except when                        (A) is a vessel of the United States;
  the vessel is engaged in commerce;                                  (B) operates on the navigable waters; or
    (30) ‘‘remove’’ or ‘‘removal’’ means contain     -                (C) transfers oil or hazardous material in a
  ment and removal of oil or a hazardous sub-                       place subject to the jurisdiction of the
  stance from water and shorelines or the taking                    United States;
  of other actions as may be necessary to mini-                     (35) ‘‘territorial seas’’ means the belt of the
  mize or mitigate damage to the public health                   seas measured from the line of ordinary low
  or welfare, including, but not limited to, fish,               water along that portion of the coast which is
  shellfish, wildlife, and public and private prop-              in direct contact with the open sea and the
  erty, shorelines, and beaches; (31) ‘‘removal costs’’ means the costs of re  -line marking the seaward limit of inland wa-
  moval that are incurred after a discharge of                   ters, and extending seaward a distance of 3
  oil has occurred or, in any case in which there                miles; (36) ‘‘United States’’ and ‘‘State’’ mean the
  is a substantial threat of a discharge of oil,                 several States of the United States, the Dis-
  the costs to prevent, minimize, or mitigate oil                trict of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puer-
  pollution from such an incident; (32) ‘‘responsible party’’ means the follow  -to Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United
  ing:                                                           States Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of
      (A) VESSELS.—In the case of a vessel, any                  the Northern Marianas, and any other terri-
    person owning, operating, or demise charter-                 tory or possession of the United States;
    ing the vessel. In the case of a vessel, the                    (37) ‘‘vessel’’ means every description of
    term ‘‘responsible party’’ also includes the                 watercraft or other artificial contrivance
    owner of oil being transported in a tank ves-                used, or capable of being used, as a means of
    sel with a single hull after December 31, 2010               transportation on water, other than a public
    (other than a vessel described in section                    vessel;
    3703a(b)(3) of title 46).                                       (38) ‘‘participate in management’’—     (A)(i) means actually participating in the
      (B) ONSHORE FACILITIES.—In the case of an                     management or operational affairs of a ves-
    onshore facility (other than a pipeline), any                   sel or facility; and
    person owning or operating the facility, ex-                      (ii) does not include merely having the ca-
    cept a Federal agency, State, municipality,                     pacity to influence, or the unexercised right
    commission, or political subdivision of a                       to control, vessel or facility operations; and
    State, or any interstate body, that as the                        (B) does not include—
    owner transfers possession and right to use                         (i) performing an act or failing to act
    the property to another person by lease, as-                      prior to the time at which a security inter-
    signment, or permit. (C) OFFSHORE FACILITIES.—In the case of an   est is created in a vessel or facility;
    offshore facility (other than a pipeline or a                       (ii) holding a security interest or aban-
    deepwater port licensed under the Deepwater                       doning or releasing a security interest; (iii) including in the terms of an exten-
    Port Act of 1974 (33 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.)), the                   sion of credit, or in a contract or security
    lessee or permittee of the area in which the                      agreement relating to the extension, a
    facility is located or the holder of a right of                   covenant, warranty, or other term or con-
    use and easement granted under applicable                         dition that relates to environmental com-
    State law or the Outer Continental Shelf                          pliance;
    Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1301–1356) for the area                        (iv) monitoring or enforcing the terms
    in which the facility is located (if the holder                   and conditions of the extension of credit or
    is a different person than the lessee or per-                     security interest;
    mittee), except a Federal agency, State, mu-                        (v) monitoring or undertaking one or
    nicipality, commission, or political subdivi-                     more inspections of the vessel or facility;
    sion of a State, or any interstate body, that                       (vi) requiring a removal action or other
    as owner transfers possession and right to                        lawful means of addressing a discharge or
    use the property to another person by lease,                      substantial threat of a discharge of oil in
    assignment, or permit. (D) DEEPWATER PORTS.—In the case of a      connection with the vessel or facility prior
    deepwater port licensed under the Deepwater                       to, during, or on the expiration of the term
    Port Act of 1974 (33 U.S.C. 1501–1524), the li-                   of the extension of credit;
    censee.                                                             (vii) providing financial or other advice
      (E) PIPELINES.—In the case of a pipeline,                       or counseling in an effort to mitigate, pre-
    any person owning or operating the pipeline.                      vent, or cure default or diminution in the
      (F) ABANDONMENT.—In the case of an aban-                        value of the vessel or facility; (viii) restructuring, renegotiating, or
    doned vessel, onshore facility, deepwater                         otherwise agreeing to alter the terms and
    port, pipeline, or offshore facility, the per-                    conditions of the extension of credit or se-
    sons who would have been responsible par-                         curity interest, exercising forbearance;
    ties immediately prior to the abandonment                           (ix) exercising other remedies that may
    of the vessel or facility.                                        be available under applicable law for the
    (33) ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of the                     breach of a term or condition of the exten-
  department in which the Coast Guard is oper-                        sion of credit or security agreement; or (x) conducting a removal action under
  ating; (34) ‘‘tank vessel’’ means a vessel that is                  section 1321(c) of this title or under the di-

  constructed or adapted to carry, or that car-                       rection of an on-scene coordinator ap-
  ries, oil or hazardous material in bulk as cargo                    pointed under the National Contingency
  or cargo residue, and that—                                         Plan,

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/Claims-Risk Management Counsel/[DRAFT] Hull and Machinery Insurance Policy.docx
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/Cooper-Jeffries In-House Counsel/Vessel Inspection Documentation/Lloyd_s Register Classification Society Surveys.docx
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Found 7 file(s) matching '*Oil*':
/News Article - Tanker Strikes Anchor, Spills Oil in Delaware River.docx
/Claims-Risk Management Counsel/[DRAFT] Tender Letter 5 - Protection & Indemnity Oil Pollution.docx
/Claims-Risk Management Counsel/[DRAFT] Water Quality Oil Pollution Insurance Policy.docx
/Legal Authority/Safe berth liability/Paragon Oil Co. v. Republic Tankers.pdf
/Legal Authority/Safe berth liability/Park S.S. Co. v. Cities Serv. Oil Co., 188 F.2d 804 (2d Cir. 1951).pdf
/Legal Authority/Safe berth liability/Union Oil Co. v. Buffalo Marine Servs., 538 F. App’x 575 (5th Cir. 2013).pdf
/Legal Authority/Statutes/26 U.S.C. 9509 - Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund.pdf

Found 4 file(s) matching '*Pollution*':
/Claims-Risk Management Counsel/[DRAFT] Marine Pollution Legal Liability Insurance Policy.docx
/Claims-Risk Management Counsel/[DRAFT] Tender Letter 3 - Marine Pollution Legal Liability.docx
/Claims-Risk Management Counsel/[DRAFT] Tender Letter 5 - Protection & Indemnity Oil Pollution.docx
/Claims-Risk Management Counsel/[DRAFT] Water Quality Oil Pollution Insurance Policy.docx

Found 14 file(s) matching '*':
/Legal Authority/Statutes/33 U.S.C. § 2704 - Limits on Liability.pdf
/Legal Authority/Statutes/28 U.S.C. 1333 - Admiralty, maritime and prize cases.pdf
/Legal Authority/Statutes/26 U.S.C. 9509 - Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund.pdf
/Legal Authority/Statutes/28 U.S.C. 1333 - Admiralty, maritime and prize cases.docx
/Legal Authority/Statutes/33 U.S.C. § 2701 - Definitions.pdf
/Legal Authority/Statutes/33 U.S.C. § 2702 - Elements of Liability.pdf
/Legal Authority/Statutes/33 U.S.C. § 2703 - Defenses to Liability.docx
/Legal Authority/Statutes/33 U.S.C. § 2703 - Defenses to Liability.pdf
/Legal Authority/Statutes/33 U.S.C. § 2708 - Recovery by Responsible Party.docx
/Legal Authority/Statutes/33 U.S.C. § 2713 - Claims Procedure.pdf
/Legal Authority/Statutes/33 U.S.C. § 2708 - Recovery by Responsible Party.pdf
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§2702                      TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS                                               Page 662

out as a note under section 401 of Title 23, Highways,              to the injury, destruction, or loss of real
and repealing provisions set out as a note under section            property, personal property, or natural re-
1811 of Title 43] may be cited as the ‘Oil Pollution Act            sources, which shall be recoverable by the
of 1990’.’’                                                         Government of the United States, a State, or
                 TRANSFER OFFUNCTIONS                               a political subdivision thereof.
  For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and            (E) Profits and earning capacity
assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities                   Damages equal to the loss of profits or im-
and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relat-             pairment of earning capacity due to the in-
ing thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security,                jury, destruction, or loss of real property,
and for treatment of related references, see sections               personal property, or natural resources,
468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Secu-          which shall be recoverable by any claimant.
rity, and the Department of Homeland Security Reor-
ganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set              (F) Public services
out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.                            Damages for net costs of providing in-
§2702. Elements of liability                                        creased or additional public services during
(a) In general                                                      or after removal activities, including protec-
  Notwithstanding any other provision or rule of                    tion from fire, safety, or health hazards,
law, and subject to the provisions of this Act,                     caused by a discharge of oil, which shall be
each responsible party for a vessel or a facility                   recoverable by a State, or a political sub-
from which oil is discharged, or which poses the                    division of a State.
substantial threat of a discharge of oil, into or               (c) Excluded discharges
upon the navigable waters or adjoining shore-                     This subchapter does not apply to any dis-
lines or the exclusive economic zone is liable for              charge—
the removal costs and damages specified in sub-                     (1) permitted by a permit issued under Fed-
section (b) of this section that result from such                 eral, State, or local law;
incident.                                                           (2) from a public vessel; or
(b) Covered removal costs and damages                               (3) from an onshore facility which is subject
  (1) Removal costs                                               to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization
    The removal costs referred to in subsection                   Act (43 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.).
  (a) of this section are—                                      (d) Liability of third parties
       (A) all removal costs incurred by the                      (1) In general
    United States, a State, or an Indian tribe                      (A) Third party treated as responsible party
    under subsection (c), (d), (e), or (l) of section                  Except as provided in subparagraph (B), in
    1321 of this title, under the Intervention on                   any case in which a responsible party estab-
    the High Seas Act (33 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.), or                  lishes that a discharge or threat of a dis-
    under State law; and                                            charge and the resulting removal costs and
       (B) any removal costs incurred by any per-                   damages were caused solely by an act or
    son for acts taken by the person which are                      omission of one or more third parties de-
    consistent with the National Contingency                        scribed in section 2703(a)(3) of this title (or
    Plan.                                                           solely by such an act or omission in combi-
  (2) Damages                                                       nation with an act of God or an act of war),
    The damages referred to in subsection (a) of                    the third party or parties shall be treated as
  this section are the following:                                   the responsible party or parties for purposes
    (A) Natural resources                                           of determining liability under this sub-
       Damages for injury to, destruction of, loss                  chapter.
    of, or loss of use of, natural resources, in-                   (B) Subrogation of responsible party
    cluding the reasonable costs of assessing the                      If the responsible party alleges that the
    damage, which shall be recoverable by a                         discharge or threat of a discharge was
    United States trustee, a State trustee, an In-                  caused solely by an act or omission of a
    dian tribe trustee, or a foreign trustee.                       third party, the responsible party—
    (B) Real or personal property                                        (i) in accordance with section 2713 of this
       Damages for injury to, or economic losses                       title, shall pay removal costs and damages
    resulting from destruction of, real or per-                        to any claimant; and
    sonal property, which shall be recoverable                           (ii) shall be entitled by subrogation to
    by a claimant who owns or leases that prop-                        all rights of the United States Government
    erty.                                                              and the claimant to recover removal costs
                                                                       or damages from the third party or the
    (C) Subsistence use                                                Fund paid under this subsection.
       Damages for loss of subsistence use of nat-                (2) Limitation applied
    ural resources, which shall be recoverable by                   (A) Owner or operator of vessel or facility
    any claimant who so uses natural resources                         If the act or omission of a third party that
    which have been injured, destroyed, or lost,                    causes an incident occurs in connection with
    without regard to the ownership or manage-                      a vessel or facility owned or operated by the
    ment of the resources.                                          third party, the liability of the third party
    (D) Revenues                                                    shall be subject to the limits provided in sec-
       Damages equal to the net loss of taxes,                      tion 2704 of this title as applied with respect
    royalties, rents, fees, or net profit shares due                to the vessel or facility.

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Page 663               TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS                               §2703

    (B) Other cases                                                   (1) to report the incident as required by law
       In any other case, the liability of a third                 if the responsible party knows or has reason to
    party or parties shall not exceed the limita-                  know of the incident;
    tion which would have been applicable to the                      (2) to provide all reasonable cooperation and
    responsible party of the vessel or facility                    assistance requested by a responsible official
    from which the discharge actually occurred                     in connection with removal activities; or
    if the responsible party were liable.                             (3) without sufficient cause, to comply with
(Pub. L. 101–380, title I, §1002, Aug. 18, 1990, 104               an order issued under subsection (c) or (e) of
Stat. 489.)                                                        section 1321 of this title or the Intervention on
                                                                   the High Seas Act (33 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.).
                   REFERENCES IN TEXT                            (d) Definition of contractual relationship
  This Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 101–380,        (1) In general
Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 484, as amended, known as the                For purposes of subsection (a)(3) of this sec-
Oil Pollution Act of 1990, which is classified principally         tion the term ‘‘contractual relationship’’ in  -
to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act           cludes, but is not limited to, land contracts,
to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section            deeds, easements, leases, or other instruments
2701 of this title and Tables.                                     transferring title or possession, unless—
  The Intervention on the High Seas Act, referred to in
subsec. (b)(1)(A), is Pub. L. 93–248, Feb. 5, 1974, 88 Stat.            (A) the real property on which the facility
8, as amended, which is classified generally to chapter               concerned is located was acquired by the re-
28 (§1471 et seq.) of this title. For complete classifica-            sponsible party after the placement of the
tion of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set                oil on, in, or at the real property on which
out under section 1471 of this title and Tables. The Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act, re-the facility concerned is located;
ferred to in subsec. (c)(3), is title II of Pub. L. 93–153,             (B) one or more of the circumstances de-
Nov. 16, 1973, 87 Stat. 584, which is classified generally            scribed in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of
to chapter 34 (§1651 et seq.) of Title 43, Public Lands.              paragraph (2) is established by the respon-
For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see              sible party by a preponderance of the evi-
Short Title note set out under section 1651 of Title 43               dence; and
and Tables.                                                             (C) the responsible party complies with
§2703. Defenses to liability                                          paragraph (3).
(a) Complete defenses                                              (2) Required circumstance
  A responsible party is not liable for removal                       The circumstances referred to in paragraph
costs or damages under section 2702 of this title                  (1)(B) are the following: (A) At the time the responsible party ac-
if the responsible party establishes, by a prepon-                    quired the real property on which the facil-
derance of the evidence, that the discharge or                        ity is located the responsible party did not
substantial threat of a discharge of oil and the                      know and had no reason to know that oil
resulting damages or removal costs were caused                        that is the subject of the discharge or sub-
solely by— (1) an act of God;                                         stantial threat of discharge was located on,
    (2) an act of war;                                                in, or at the facility.
    (3) an act or omission of a third party, other                      (B) The responsible party is a government
  than an employee or agent of the responsible                        entity that acquired the facility—
  party or a third party whose act or omission                            (i) by escheat;
  occurs in connection with any contractual re-                           (ii) through any other involuntary trans-
  lationship with the responsible party (except                         fer or acquisition; or
  where the sole contractual arrangement arises                           (iii) through the exercise of eminent do-
  in connection with carriage by a common car-                          main authority by purchase or condemna-
  rier by rail), if the responsible party estab-                        tion.
  lishes, by a preponderance of the evidence,                           (C) The responsible party acquired the fa-
  that the responsible party—                                         cility by inheritance or bequest.
       (A) exercised due care with respect to the                  (3) Additional requirements
    oil concerned, taking into consideration the                      For purposes of paragraph (1)(C), the respon-
    characteristics of the oil and in light of all                 sible party must establish by a preponderance
    relevant facts and circumstances; and                          of the evidence that the responsible party—
       (B) took precautions against foreseeable                         (A) has satisfied the requirements of sub-
    acts or omissions of any such third party                         section (a)(3)(A) and (B) of this section;
    and the foreseeable consequences of those                           (B) has provided full cooperation, assist-
    acts or omissions; or                                             ance, and facility access to the persons that
    (4) any combination of paragraphs (1), (2),                       are authorized to conduct removal actions,
  and (3).                                                            including the cooperation and access nec-
(b) Defenses as to particular claimants                               essary for the installation, integrity, oper-
  A responsible party is not liable under section                     ation, and maintenance of any complete or
2702 of this title to a claimant, to the extent                       partial removal action;
that the incident is caused by the gross neg-                           (C) is in compliance with any land use re-
ligence or willful misconduct of the claimant.                        strictions established or relied on in connec-
(c) Limitation on complete defense                                    tion with the removal action; and (D) has not impeded the effectiveness or

  Subsection (a) of this section does not apply                       integrity of any institutional control em-
with respect to a responsible party who fails or                      ployed in connection with the removal ac-
refuses—                                                              tion.

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PRIVILEGED & CONFIDENTIAL 
ATTORNEY–CLIENT COMMUNICATION 
ATTORNEY WORK PRODUCT 
  
Draft NPFC Claims Package Narrative 
 A. INTRODUCTION 
This narrative provides a full and detailed explanation of  Cooper/Jeffries Energy Corporation’s 
claim to the National Pollution Funds Center under the Oil Pollution Act of  1990. It is written to 
explain the events, losses, and legal basis for the claim in clear, professional language while remaining 
accessible to a general reader. Every section is written in complete sentences and organized into 
well-developed paragraphs of  four to five sentences each. The narrative is intended to accompany a 
formal claims package, and it summarizes the evidence and documentation that support the claim. 
This document is attorney–client privileged and is not intended for distribution outside the scope of  
legal representation. 
 B. BACKGROUND OF THE CLAIMANT 
Cooper/Jeffries Energy Corporation, referred to in this document as C/J Energy, is a Delaware 
corporation with its headquarters located in Houston, Texas. The company is engaged in the 
transportation and supply of  petroleum products throughout the United States. In the normal 
course of  business, C/J Energy charters vessels to move crude oil and related materials to various 
refineries and terminals. One such vessel chartered by C/J Energy was the M/V Red Room, which 
is central to the events discussed in this claim. As a routine business practice, C/J Energy follows all 
safety and environmental regulations required under federal law. 
 C. SUMMARY OF THE INCIDENT 
On September 15, 2024, the M/V Red Room was approaching a marine petroleum terminal located 
on the Ohio River in Cincinnati, Ohio. This terminal was owned and operated by Black Lodge 
Petroleum Logistics LLC, known in this document as BLPL. As the vessel approached the berth 
assigned for unloading, it struck an underwater obstruction that was later identified as a large, fully 
submerged anchor. The collision caused a tear in one of  the ship’s cargo tanks, which allowed crude 
oil to spill into the river. The spill required a large emergency cleanup and created significant 
environmental and economic harm. 
D. DESCRIPTION OF THE SPILL 
The collision created an opening in Cargo Tank Number 3 on the vessel’s starboard side. This 
allowed oil to escape rapidly into the water at a rate that response crews estimated at approximately 
three hundred gallons per minute. In total, about one hundred eighty thousand gallons of  crude oil 
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entered the Ohio River before responders could stop the discharge. The oil spread across the surface 
of  the river and traveled approximately eighteen miles downstream, coating shorelines on both the 
Ohio and Kentucky sides. The presence of  the oil created hazards for wildlife, boat traffic, and 
water quality in the affected communities. 
E. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT 
The oil spill had numerous effects on the surrounding environment. Wildlife response teams 
recovered between five thousand and eight thousand dead fish in the days following the spill. They 
also treated approximately one hundred fifty birds that were coated in oil and required medical 
attention. The oil contaminated about two and a half  miles of  wetland areas along the river, which 
serve as habitat for fish, birds, and other wildlife. Cleanup teams observed that vegetation in these 
areas was heavily coated, requiring an extended effort to restore it. 
F . RESPONSE ACTIONS 
Federal, state, and local agencies responded quickly to the incident. The United States Coast Guard 
took the lead as the Federal On-Scene Coordinator and established a Unified Command with state 
environmental authorities. Response crews used thousands of  feet of  containment boom to control 
the spread of  the oil. Specialized vessels and teams worked around the clock to recover oil from the 
water and remove it from the affected shoreline. Wildlife rescue organizations helped rehabilitate the 
birds and other animals harmed by the spill. 
G. COSTS INCURRED BY C/J ENERGY 
C/J Energy paid for extensive cleanup and recovery efforts after the spill. The company paid more 
than forty-two million dollars for removal costs, which included the work of  cleanup contractors, 
environmental response teams, and monitoring programs. It also paid more than twelve million 
dollars in natural resource damages to federal and state trustees responsible for restoring the 
environment. Additional losses, including damage to property, lost cargo, and business interruption, 
totaled more than nine million dollars. These costs were necessary to mitigate environmental harm 
and to comply with federal law. 
H. ADDITIONAL LONG-TERM COSTS 
Beyond the immediate response, C/J Energy funded several programs designed to monitor and 
restore the environment over the long term. These programs included scientific studies of  water 
quality, sediment conditions, and the recovery of  wildlife populations. The company also paid for 
shoreline restoration projects designed to repair damage to wetlands. These efforts totaled 
approximately seven million dollars in additional expenses. All of  these costs were documented and 
paid before submitting this claim. 
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 I. CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT 
The evidence gathered after the spill demonstrates that the submerged anchor was located within 
the approach channel used by vessels traveling to BLPL’s terminal. Investigators determined that the 
anchor had likely been on the riverbed for more than a year and a half  before the incident. Industry 
standards require terminal operators to inspect their berths and approach areas regularly for hazards 
such as submerged objects. BLPL was responsible for conducting these inspections and for ensuring 
the safety of  the area. The failure to identify and remove the anchor directly caused the damage to 
the M/V Red Room and the resulting spill. 
J. CONTRACTUAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF BLPL 
C/J Energy and BLPL had a written Terminal Services Agreement that defined each party’s 
responsibilities. Under this agreement, BLPL gave an absolute safe berth warranty, promising that 
the berths and approach areas would be safe for vessels to enter, remain in, and depart from. The 
agreement also required BLPL to conduct regular hydrographic surveys to detect hazards such as 
debris, underwater obstructions, or changes in depth. BLPL was further required to remove or mark 
any hazards that could endanger a vessel using the terminal. The presence of  the anchor shows that 
BLPL did not meet these obligations. 
 K. PRESENTATION OF THE CLAIM TO THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY 
Under the Oil Pollution Act, a claimant must first present a request for reimbursement to the 
responsible party before filing a claim with the National Pollution Funds Center. C/J Energy met 
this requirement by contacting BLPL several times. The company sent written notices on September 
16, October 20, and November 10, 2024, each requesting that BLPL accept responsibility and 
reimburse the expenses. BLPL responded on November 25, 2024, refusing to pay and denying any 
obligation to indemnify C/J Energy. This denial made it necessary to file the claim with the federal 
government. 
L. LEGAL BASIS FOR THIS CLAIM 
The Oil Pollution Act allows a party who has incurred cleanup costs or damages as a result of  an oil 
spill to seek reimbursement from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund when the responsible party 
denies liability. The Act clearly defines the kinds of  expenses that may be reimbursed, including 
cleanup costs, natural resource damages, property damage, and lost profits. C/J Energy’s claim fits 
into each of  these categories because the company paid all of  these costs directly. The Act also 
requires that claimants demonstrate that the spill came from a covered source and reached navigable 
waters of  the United States, both of  which occurred in this incident. As a result, the claim is proper 
and complete under the law. 
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 M. MITIGATION AND COOPERATION 
Throughout the response and cleanup process, C/J Energy took steps to reduce the harm caused by 
the spill. The company immediately notified federal authorities and assisted in the Unified 
Command. It provided financial and logistical support for every aspect of  the cleanup and wildlife 
response. C/J Energy also cooperated fully with federal and state investigations into the cause of  the 
incident. These actions demonstrate that the company acted responsibly and worked to limit 
environmental damage. 
N. SUMMARY OF THE SUM CERTAIN 
The total amount of  the claim submitted to the National Pollution Funds Center is seventy-one 
million two hundred fifty thousand dollars. This amount represents the full total of  uncompensated 
costs that C/J Energy paid as a result of  the spill. All expenses included in this amount are allowable 
under the Oil Pollution Act, and none of  the claimed amounts reflect attorney fees or other 
excluded costs. The company has provided invoices, payment records, and supporting documents 
for each of  the categories of  loss. This sum certain reflects only those costs that C/J Energy has 
already paid and that remain uncompensated by any other party. 
O. CONCLUSION 
C/J Energy submits this claim after exhausting every opportunity to resolve the matter directly with 
BLPL, the responsible party under federal law. The company responded quickly to mitigate the spill, 
paid all necessary costs, and worked cooperatively with government agencies throughout the 
response. Because BLPL refused to reimburse these expenses, federal law permits C/J Energy to 
seek payment from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund. All requirements for a valid claim have been 
met, and all necessary documentation has been included. For these reasons, the National Pollution 
Funds Center is respectfully requested to review and approve the claim in full. 
Prepared by: 
Aida Andorra, Esq. 
Mason & Mercor LLP 
Attorney for Cooper/Jeffries Energy Corporation
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PRIVILEGED & CONFIDENTIAL 
ATTORNEY–CLIENT COMMUNICATION 
ATTORNEY WORK PRODUCT 
LITIGATION STRATEGY MEMORANDUM 
To: In-House Counsel for The M/V Red Room 
From: Waterford, Waterford & Amethyst – Maritime Litigation Group 
Re: Potential Charterer Liability Arising from Allision and Spill Involving the M/V Red Room 
A. Background Facts 
 The M/V Red Room , a Panamanian-flagged tanker under charter to your commercial 
operations division, allided with a submerged object in the Ohio River while proceeding toward a 
berth owned and operated by Black Lodge Petroleum Logistics (“BLPL”). The incident occurred 
during normal approach conditions and resulted in a release of  approximately 180,000 gallons of  
crude oil. In accordance with the statutory framework established under the Oil Pollution Act of  
1990 (“OPA”), the vessel owner has borne immediate response obligations, while the United States, 
acting through the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, has funded a portion of  the cleanup and intends to 
pursue subrogated recovery. 
 Both the vessel owner and the United States have indicated an intention to seek 
reimbursement from the charterer based on the safe-berth clause contained in the charter party. 
They appear poised to assert that the approach area to BLPL’s facility was unsafe and that, under the 
terms of  the charter, your organization warranted a berth that would keep the vessel “always safely 
afloat” or substantially similar language. The essential theory mirrors that raised in CITGO Asphalt 
Refining Co. v. Frescati Shipping Co. , where the Supreme Court held that such charter-party language 
constitutes an absolute contractual warranty of  berth safety, independent of  negligence or 
knowledge. 
 The submerged object that the Red Room encountered appears to have been uncharted and 
not identified in any prior surveys. It remains uncertain whether BLPL conducted the required 
hydrographic monitoring or whether riverbed conditions changed due to hydrological factors 
outside the control of  any party. Despite these uncertainties, both the vessel owner and the United 
States appear prepared to pursue your company for full reimbursement under strict contractual 
theories. 
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B.   Issue Presented 
 The central issue presented is whether the charterer of  the M/V Red Room  may be held 
strictly liable for the unsafe condition of  BLPL’s berth under the Supreme Court’s interpretation of  
an unqualified safe-berth warranty, and whether the company should proactively initiate a 
declaratory judgment action in the Southern District of  Ohio to secure a more favorable litigation 
forum rather than wait to be sued, which would risk being forced into the Southern District of  West 
Virginia. 
 C. Applicable Law 
 The Oil Pollution Act establishes strict liability upon the vessel owner for cleanup costs in 
the first instance. However, OPA authorizes the United States, as subrogee, to recover its 
expenditures from third parties whose actions or contractual obligations contributed to the spill. 
Under general maritime law, the interpretation of  charter-party agreements, including safe-berth 
clauses, follows established federal principles. 
 The Supreme Court’s decision in CITGO Asphalt Refining Co. v. Frescati Shipping Co.  held that 
an unqualified safe-berth clause constitutes an express warranty of  safety. The Court explicitly 
rejected a due-diligence standard and held that the warranty imposes strict liability on the charterer, 
irrespective of  fault, knowledge, or control over the berth. The decision also established that 
pollution-insurance provisions and exceptions clauses do not diminish the scope of  the warranty. 
While Frescati governs the substantive interpretation of  the safe-berth clause nationwide, forum 
selection remains significant. The Southern District of  West Virginia, within the jurisdiction of  the 
Fourth Circuit, has historically adopted plaintiff-friendly interpretations in maritime and 
environmental matters. By contrast, the Southern District of  Ohio, within the Sixth Circuit, 
interprets contractual provisions more conservatively and approaches strict liability doctrines 
cautiously, making it a more favorable forum for the charterer. 
 D. Brief  Answer 
 Your organization faces significant risk under the principles articulated in Frescati. If  the 
charter party contains an unqualified safe-berth clause, a court is likely to conclude that your 
company warranted the safety of  BLPL’s approach area and is strictly liable for damages arising 
from its unsafe condition. A proactive declaratory judgment action filed in the Southern District of  
Ohio would strategically position the company in a more favorable jurisdiction and provide 
important procedural advantages. Waiting for litigation to be initiated by the vessel owner or the 
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United States would increase the likelihood that the case proceeds in the Southern District of  West 
Virginia, a less advantageous forum for the defense. 
 E. Analysis of  the Case 
 Applying Frescati to the facts of the Red Room incident, the risk of  liability is substantial. The 
Supreme Court’s interpretation of  safe-berth clauses as absolute warranties significantly limits the 
relevance of  negligence, lack of  control, or lack of  knowledge about the submerged hazard. The 
operating reality of  tanker navigation—that charterers rarely have independent means to inspect or 
survey terminal approaches—was deemed irrelevant in Frescati, and courts are thus unlikely to accept 
such factual distinctions as a basis for limiting liability here. 
 Nevertheless, there remain strategic avenues worth exploring. While the safe-berth warranty 
imposes strict liability, its applicability depends on the precise language of  the charter party and the 
factual circumstances surrounding berth designation. The Sixth Circuit’s interpretive tendencies 
provide a more receptive environment for arguments distinguishing between the designation of  a 
berth and the independent obligations of  the terminal operator. Moreover, the degree to which 
BLPL exercised exclusive control over berth conditions and failed to provide adequate hydrographic 
surveys may serve as a foundation for contractual or tort-based contribution claims against the 
terminal operator. 
 Given these realities, initiating a declaratory judgment action in the Southern District of  
Ohio would offer several advantages. It would secure a forum less inclined to accept strict liability 
without close examination of  the operational context. It would also place your company in the 
position of  framing the factual and legal narrative, rather than reacting to plaintiffs’ allegations. 
Waiting for plaintiffs to file suit, by contrast, risks being drawn into a less favorable jurisdiction and 
litigating under precedents that provide little traction for limiting liability. 
 From an economic standpoint, litigation of  this complexity is costly. A case of  this nature 
can reasonably be expected to produce total defense costs between $3.5 million and $7.5 million 
through trial, due to the need for extensive discovery, expert testimony, hydrological analysis, and 
vessel-operations reconstruction. If  liability is found, the anticipated judgment could range from $90 
million to $150 million, based on cleanup expenditures, federal subrogation, and vessel damages. 
Factoring in the legal framework and existing precedent, the likelihood of  prevailing is 
approximately 35 to 45 percent overall but improves to roughly 45 to 55 percent if  litigated in the 
Southern District of  Ohio. These probabilities strongly suggest that early settlement evaluation may 
be prudent, particularly if  plaintiffs are willing to negotiate in a range between $35 million and $55 
million. 
 Waterford, Waterford & Amethyst is prepared to represent your organization throughout 
this litigation, including federal district court proceedings, charter-party interpretation, OPA analysis, 
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expert management, motion practice, trial representation, and appellate proceedings. Should 
administrative, criminal, or insurance coverage issues arise, separate specialized counsel will be 
required, and we can assist with those referrals. Local counsel may also be needed depending on the 
procedural requirements of  the selected forum. 
F . Conclusion 
 The M/V Red Room incident gives rise to significant potential liability under OPA and the 
Supreme Court’s interpretation of  safe-berth warranties in Frescati. While some factual circumstances 
may limit exposure, the governing legal framework imposes strict obligations that are difficult to 
avoid. The Southern District of  Ohio offers a more favorable forum than the Southern District of  
West Virginia, and initiating a declaratory judgment action there is likely to enhance the company’s 
litigation posture. Nonetheless, given the magnitude of  potential damages, early evaluation of  
reasonable settlement terms is advisable. Waterford, Waterford & Amethyst remains fully prepared 
to represent and advise your organization through every stage of  this matter. 
 
 Michael Waterford  
 Principal Partner, Maritime Partice 
 Baltimore Office 
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§ 2703. Defenses to liability 
(a) Complete defenses 
A responsible party is not liable for removal 
costs or damages under section 2702 of this title 
if the responsible party establishes, by a prepon -
derance of the evidence, that the discharge or 
substantial threat of a discharge of oil and the 
resulting damages or removal costs were caused 
solely by—
(1) an act of God; 
(2) an act of war; 
(3) an act or omission of a third party, other 
than an employee or agent of the responsible 
party or a third party whose act or omission 
occurs in connection with any contractual re -
lationship with the responsible party (except 
where the sole contractual arrangement arises 
in connection with carriage by a common car -
rier by rail), if the responsible party estab -
lishes, by a preponderance of the evidence, 
that the responsible party—
(A) exercised due care with respect to the 
oil concerned, taking into consideration the 
characteristics of the oil and in light of all 
relevant facts and circumstances; and 
(B) took precautions against foreseeable 
acts or omissions of any such third party 
and the foreseeable consequences of those 
acts or omissions; or
(4) any combination of paragraphs (1), (2), 
and (3). 
(b) Defenses as to particular claimants 
A responsible party is not liable under section 
2702 of this title to a claimant, to the extent 
that the incident is caused by the gross neg -
ligence or willful misconduct of the claimant. 
(c) Limitation on complete defense 
Subsection (a) does not apply with respect to 
a responsible party who fails or refuses—
(1) to report the incident as required by law 
if the responsible party knows or has reason to 
know of the incident; 
(2) to provide all reasonable cooperation and 
assistance requested by a responsible official 
in connection with removal activities; or 
(3) without sufficient cause, to comply with 
an order issued under subsection (c) or (e) of 
section 1321 of this title or the Intervention on 
the High Seas Act (33 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.). 
(d) Definition of contractual relationship 
(1) In general 
For purposes of subsection (a)(3) the term 
‘‘contractual relationship’’ includes, but is not 
limited to, land contracts, deeds, easements, 
leases, or other instruments transferring title 
or possession, unless—
(A) the real property on which the facility 
concerned is located was acquired by the re -
sponsible party after the placement of the 
oil on, in, or at the real property on which 
the facility concerned is located; 
(B) one or more of the circumstances de -
scribed in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of 
paragraph (2) is established by the respon -
sible party by a preponderance of the evi -
dence; and 
(C) the responsible party complies with 
paragraph (3). 
(2) Required circumstance 
The circumstances referred to in paragraph 
(1)(B) are the following: 
(A) At the time the responsible party ac -
quired the real property on which the facil -
ity is located the responsible party did not 
know and had no reason to know that oil 
that is the subject of the discharge or sub -
stantial threat of discharge was located on, 
in, or at the facility. 
(B) The responsible party is a government 
entity that acquired the facility—
(i) by escheat; 
(ii) through any other involuntary trans-
fer or acquisition; or 
(iii) through the exercise of eminent do -
main authority by purchase or condemna -
tion.
(C) The responsible party acquired the fa -
cility by inheritance or bequest. 
(3) Additional requirements 
For purposes of paragraph (1)(C), the respon -
sible party must establish by a preponderance 
of the evidence that the responsible party—
(A) has satisfied the requirements of sub -
section (a)(3)(A) and (B); 
(B) has provided full cooperation, assist -
ance, and facility access to the persons that 
are authorized to conduct removal actions, 
including the cooperation and access nec -
essary for the installation, integrity, oper -
ation, and maintenance of any complete or 
partial removal action; 
(C) is in compliance with any land use re -
strictions established or relied on in connec -
tion with the removal action; and 
(D) has not impeded the effectiveness or 
integrity of any institutional control em -
ployed in connection with the removal ac -
tion. 
(4) Reason to know 
(A) Appropriate inquiries 
To establish that the responsible party had 
no reason to know of the matter described in 
paragraph (2)(A), the responsible party must 
demonstrate to a court that—
(i) on or before the date on which the re -
sponsible party acquired the real property 
on which the facility is located, the re -
sponsible party carried out all appropriate 
inquiries, as provided in subparagraphs (B) 
and (D), into the previous ownership and 
uses of the real property on which the fa -
cility is located in accordance with gen -
erally accepted good commercial and cus -
tomary standards and practices; and 
(ii) the responsible party took reason -
able steps to—
(I) stop any continuing discharge; 
(II) prevent any substantial threat of 
discharge; and 
(III) prevent or limit any human, envi -
ronmental, or natural resource exposure 
to any previously discharged oil. 
(B) Regulations establishing standards and 
practices 
Not later than 2 years after August 9, 2004, 
the Secretary, in consultation with the Ad -

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ministrator of the Environmental Protec -
tion Agency, shall by regulation establish 
standards and practices for the purpose of 
satisfying the requirement to carry out all 
appropriate inquiries under subparagraph 
(A). 
(C) Criteria 
In promulgating regulations that establish 
the standards and practices referred to in 
subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall in -
clude in such standards and practices provi -
sions regarding each of the following: 
(i) The results of an inquiry by an envi -
ronmental professional. 
(ii) Interviews with past and present 
owners, operators, and occupants of the fa-
cility and the real property on which the 
facility is located for the purpose of gath -
ering information regarding the potential 
for oil at the facility and on the real prop -
erty on which the facility is located. 
(iii) Reviews of historical sources, such 
as chain of title documents, aerial photo -
graphs, building department records, and 
land use records, to determine previous 
uses and occupancies of the real property 
on which the facility is located since the 
property was first developed. 
(iv) Searches for recorded environmental 
cleanup liens against the facility and the 
real property on which the facility is lo -
cated that are filed under Federal, State, 
or local law. 
(v) Reviews of Federal, State, and local 
government records, waste disposal 
records, underground storage tank records, 
and waste handling, generation, treat -
ment, disposal, and spill records, con -
cerning oil at or near the facility and on 
the real property on which the facility is 
located. 
(vi) Visual inspections of the facility, 
the real property on which the facility is 
located, and adjoining properties. 
(vii) Specialized knowledge or experience 
on the part of the responsible party. 
(viii) The relationship of the purchase 
price to the value of the facility and the 
real property on which the facility is lo -
cated, if oil was not at the facility or on 
the real property. 
(ix) Commonly known or reasonably as -
certainable information about the facility 
and the real property on which the facility 
is located. 
(x) The degree of obviousness of the pres-
ence or likely presence of oil at the facil -
ity and on the real property on which the 
facility is located, and the ability to de -
tect the oil by appropriate investigation. 
(D) Interim standards and practices 
(i) Real property purchased before May 31, 
1997
With respect to real property purchased 
before May 31, 1997, in making a deter -
mination with respect to a responsible 
party described in subparagraph (A), a 
court shall take into account—
(I) any specialized knowledge or expe -
rience on the part of the responsible 
party; 
(II) the relationship of the purchase 
price to the value of the facility and the 
real property on which the facility is lo -
cated, if the oil was not at the facility or 
on the real property; 
(III) commonly known or reasonably 
ascertainable information about the fa -
cility and the real property on which the 
facility is located; 
(IV) the obviousness of the presence or 
likely presence of oil at the facility and 
on the real property on which the facil -
ity is located; and 
(V) the ability of the responsible party 
to detect oil by appropriate inspection. 
(ii) Real property purchased on or after 
May 31, 1997
With respect to real property purchased 
on or after May 31, 1997, until the Sec -
retary promulgates the regulations de -
scribed in clause (ii), the procedures of the 
American Society for Testing and Mate -
rials, including the document known as 
‘‘Standard E1527–97’’, entitled ‘‘Standard 
Practice for Environmental Site Assess -
ment: Phase I Environmental Site Assess -
ment Process’’, shall satisfy the require -
ments in subparagraph (A). 
(E) Site inspection and title search 
In the case of real property for residential 
use or other similar use purchased by a non -
governmental or noncommercial entity, in -
spection and title search of the facility and 
the real property on which the facility is lo -
cated that reveal no basis for further inves -
tigation shall be considered to satisfy the re-
quirements of this paragraph. 
(5) Previous owner or operator 
Nothing in this paragraph or in subsection 
(a)(3) shall diminish the liability of any pre -
vious owner or operator of such facility who 
would otherwise be liable under this Act. Not -
withstanding this paragraph, if a responsible 
party obtained actual knowledge of the dis -
charge or substantial threat of discharge of oil 
at such facility when the responsible party 
owned the facility and then subsequently 
transferred ownership of the facility or the 
real property on which the facility is located 
to another person without disclosing such 
knowledge, the responsible party shall be 
treated as liable under section 2702(a) of this 
title and no defense under subsection (a) shall 
be available to such responsible party. 
(6) Limitation on defense 
Nothing in this paragraph shall affect the li -
ability under this Act of a responsible party 
who, by any act or omission, caused or con -
tributed to the discharge or substantial threat 
of discharge of oil which is the subject of the 
action relating to the facility. 
(Pub. L. 101–380, title I, § 1003, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 
Stat. 491; Pub. L. 108–293, title VII, § 703(c), Aug. 
9, 2004, 118 Stat. 1072; Pub. L. 115–232, div. C, title 
XXXV, § 3547(b), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 2328.)

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Editorial Notes 
REFERENCES IN TEXT 
The Intervention on the High Seas Act, referred to in 
subsec. (c)(3), is Pub. L. 93–248, Feb. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 8, 
which is classified generally to chapter 28 (§ 1471 et seq.) 
of this title. For complete classification of this Act to 
the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 
1471 of this title and Tables. 
This Act, referred to in subsec. (d)(5), (6), is Pub. L. 
101–380, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 484, known as the Oil 
Pollution Act of 1990, which is classified principally to 
this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to 
the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 
2701 of this title and Tables. 
A
MENDMENTS 
2018—Subsec. (d)(5). Pub. L. 115–232 inserted ‘‘section’’ 
before ‘‘2702(a)’’. 
2004—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 108–293 added subsec. (d). 
§ 2704. Limits on liability 
(a) General rule 
Except as otherwise provided in this section, 
the total of the liability of a responsible party 
under section 2702 of this title and any removal 
costs incurred by, or on behalf of, the respon -
sible party, with respect to each incident shall 
not exceed—
(1) for a tank vessel the greater of—
(A) with respect to a single-hull vessel, in -
cluding a single-hull vessel fitted with dou -
ble sides only or a double bottom only, $3,000 
per gross ton; 
(B) with respect to a vessel other than a 
vessel referred to in subparagraph (A), $1,900 
per gross ton; or 
(C)(i) with respect to a vessel greater than 
3,000 gross tons that is—
(I) a vessel described in subparagraph 
(A), $22,000,000; or 
(II) a vessel described in subparagraph 
(B), $16,000,000; or
(ii) with respect to a vessel of 3,000 gross 
tons or less that is—
(I) a vessel described in subparagraph 
(A), $6,000,000; or 
(II) a vessel described in subparagraph 
(B), $4,000,000;
(2) for any other vessel, $950 per gross ton or 
$800,000, whichever is greater; 
(3) for an offshore facility except a deep -
water port, the total of all removal costs plus 
$75,000,000; and 
(4) for any onshore facility and a deepwater 
port, $350,000,000. 
(b) Division of liability for mobile offshore drill -
ing units 
(1) Treated first as tank vessel 
For purposes of determining the responsible 
party and applying this Act and except as pro -
vided in paragraph (2), a mobile offshore drill -
ing unit which is being used as an offshore fa -
cility is deemed to be a tank vessel with re -
spect to the discharge, or the substantial 
threat of a discharge, of oil on or above the 
surface of the water. 
(2) Treated as facility for excess liability 
To the extent that removal costs and dam -
ages from any incident described in paragraph 
(1) exceed the amount for which a responsible 
party is liable (as that amount may be limited 
under subsection (a)(1)), the mobile offshore 
drilling unit is deemed to be an offshore facil -
ity. For purposes of applying subsection (a)(3), 
the amount specified in that subsection shall 
be reduced by the amount for which the re -
sponsible party is liable under paragraph (1). 
(c) Exceptions 
(1) Acts of responsible party 
Subsection (a) does not apply if the incident 
was proximately caused by—
(A) gross negligence or willful misconduct 
of, or 
(B) the violation of an applicable Federal 
safety, construction, or operating regulation 
by,
the responsible party, an agent or employee of 
the responsible party, or a person acting pur -
suant to a contractual relationship with the 
responsible party (except where the sole con -
tractual arrangement arises in connection 
with carriage by a common carrier by rail). 
(2) Failure or refusal of responsible party 
Subsection (a) does not apply if the respon -
sible party fails or refuses—
(A) to report the incident as required by 
law and the responsible party knows or has 
reason to know of the incident; 
(B) to provide all reasonable cooperation 
and assistance requested by a responsible of -
ficial in connection with removal activities; 
or 
(C) without sufficient cause, to comply 
with an order issued under subsection (c) or 
(e) of section 1321 of this title or the Inter -
vention on the High Seas Act (33 U.S.C. 1471 
et seq.). 
(3) OCS facility or vessel 
Notwithstanding the limitations established 
under subsection (a) and the defenses of sec -
tion 2703 of this title, all removal costs in -
curred by the United States Government or 
any State or local official or agency in connec-
tion with a discharge or substantial threat of 
a discharge of oil from any Outer Continental 
Shelf facility or a vessel carrying oil as cargo 
from such a facility shall be borne by the 
owner or operator of such facility or vessel. 
(4) Certain tank vessels 
Subsection (a)(1) shall not apply to—
(A) a tank vessel on which the only oil car-
ried as cargo is an animal fat or vegetable 
oil, as those terms are used in section 2720 of 
this title; and 
(B) a tank vessel that is designated in its 
certificate of inspection as an oil spill re -
sponse vessel (as that term is defined in sec -
tion 2101 of title 46) and that is used solely 
for removal. 
(d) Adjusting limits of liability 
(1) Onshore facilities 
Subject to paragraph (2), the President may 
establish by regulation, with respect to any 
class or category of onshore facility, a limit of 
liability under this section of less than 
$350,000,000, but not less than $8,000,000, taking 

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PRIVILEGED & CONFIDENTIAL 
ATTORNEY–CLIENT COMMUNICATION 
ATTORNEY WORK PRODUCT 
United States v. M/V Red Room, Case No. ___________ 
Litigation Preparation Package 
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I. Individual Interview Summaries 
1. Master (Captain) 
  
 The Master described the approach to the BLPL terminal as routine and consistent with 
prior voyages he had conducted in the region. He explained that all navigational references available 
to the bridge team— including electronic charts, paper charts, ECDIS overlays, Coast Guard notices, 
and terminal pre-arrival materials—indicated no hazards, obstructions, or concerns within the 
approach corridor. According to the Master, weather and current conditions were typical and did not 
present any navigational complication. 
 The Master recalled that the allision occurred suddenly and without any prior indication 
from depth soundings, alarms, or bridge instrumentation. He immediately initiated the vessel’s 
emergency procedures and coordinated notifications to the Coast Guard and the company’s 
Designated Person Ashore. His account reflects a structured and compliant response, undertaken 
promptly and in accordance with the Safety Management System. The Master’s statements were 
consistent with objective vessel data and were delivered in a clear, credible manner. 
2. Chief  Mate 
  
 The Chief  Mate confirmed that the approach to BLPL was considered standard and had 
historically been used without difficulty. He reported no unusual river conditions, visibility 
limitations, or environmental concerns that would have affected vessel navigation. He participated 
personally in post-allision inspections and in coordinating deck-level containment and safety 
measures. The Chief  Mate emphasized that neither the terminal nor any regulatory body provided 
warnings or hydrographic updates that suggested the presence of  submerged hazards. His account 
aligned closely with that of  the Master and reflected no inconsistencies. He appeared forthright and 
technically accurate in his observations. 
3. Second Mate 
 The Second Mate, who held the watch at the time of  the allision, described his duties during 
the approach, including maintaining lookout, monitoring navigational instruments, and assisting with 
helm orders. He stated that radar, visual observations, and ECDIS information all indicated a clear 
and unobstructed passage. He recalled nothing visually unusual at the water’s surface. 
 The Second Mate provided a detailed description of  the moments immediately following the 
impact, including the activation of  alarms and communication with the Master. His statements were 
precise and corresponded with the timing reflected in the VDR data. He appeared to have strong 
recall and presented as a credible witness. 
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4. Chief  Engineer 
 The Chief  Engineer discussed the engineering department’s response to the allision. He 
reported that electronic tank sensors and alarms triggered within seconds of  the impact, indicating 
both water ingress and a loss of  cargo from affected tanks. He oversaw the isolation of  
compromised systems, internal inspections, and damage assessment. 
 He stated decisively that no mechanical failures, propulsion anomalies, or internal system 
malfunctions contributed to the incident. His statements were consistent with engineering logs and 
device timestamps. His technical explanations were clear and conveyed a high degree of  reliability. 
5. Additional Crew Members 
 Supporting deck and engine personnel uniformly reported that they observed no warnings, 
visible hazards, or navigational irregularities before the impact. They described their respective 
emergency duties and their roles in containing the spill, securing equipment, and assisting bridge and 
engineering teams. Their recollections were straightforward and consistent with the accounts 
provided by senior personnel. 
II. Chronology of  Events 
A. Pre-Voyage Preparation 
 Prior to departure, the vessel’s officers completed standard voyage planning and reviewed all 
available navigational guidance. Nothing in the Coast Guard notices, river advisories, or terminal 
communications indicated any risk relating to the BLPL approach or berth area. The terminal’s pre-
arrival packet contained no hydrographic updates or recent depth surveys. 
B. Transit of  the Ohio River 
 The vessel’s transit proceeded under normal conditions. The bridge was fully manned in 
accordance with policy, and the crew observed all applicable navigational procedures. Weather, 
visibility, and current conditions were within ordinary parameters. 
C. Final Approach to the BLPL Berth 
 The vessel reduced speed as planned and followed the designated approach corridor. No 
visual, electronic, or acoustic indicators suggested the presence of  any submerged object. The watch 
team monitored radar, depth sounder data, and ECDIS overlays; all reflected expected conditions. 
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D. Allision Event 
 The vessel experienced a sudden, forceful impact consistent with contact against a stationary 
underwater object. The impact was unexpected and occurred without prior alarms or sounding 
deviations. Immediately thereafter, tank sensors and engineering alarms identified structural 
compromise and product discharge. 
E. Post-Allision Emergency Response 
 The Master activated emergency protocols and contacted the Coast Guard and the corporate 
office. Deck teams deployed containment and safety equipment to limit further discharge. 
Engineering personnel isolated affected tanks and stabilized the vessel. The crew acted cohesively 
and in accordance with established emergency procedures. 
F . Initial Aftermath 
 The crew cooperated with response authorities and remained on scene until relieved. 
Terminal personnel were notified. No crew member recalled receiving any prior warning from BLPL 
regarding submerged debris or riverbed changes. 
IV . Unified Litigation Strategy Memorandum 
A. Strategic Objectives 
 The primary goals of  litigation are to secure a favorable forum, clarify the scope of  the safe-
berth clause, establish the unexpected nature of  the submerged hazard, and pursue contribution 
from BLPL or other responsible entities. Early framing of  factual and legal issues is essential. 
B. Legal Framework 
Safe-Berth Clause: Under Frescati, charterers may face strict liability based on unqualified safe-berth 
clauses. Our objective is to distinguish the present facts by highlighting the absence of  terminal 
warnings, the lack of  known hazards, and the terminal’s failure to conduct adequate surveys. 
OPA Liability: The vessel owner is strictly liable for initial spill response costs. The United States, 
as subrogee, may seek reimbursement from parties whose acts or contractual obligations contributed 
to the spill. We must therefore build a record showing that the charterer neither created nor could 
have reasonably anticipated the hazard. 
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C. Evidentiary Priorities 
 To support these positions, the litigation team must: 
• Obtain all BLPL hydrographic surveys, maintenance logs, and records of  dredging or 
inspections. 
• Retain expert hydrologists and maritime surveyors to assess riverbed conditions. 
• Preserve and analyze VDR data, AIS logs, radar records, and ECDIS tracks. 
• Prepare crew members for depositions, focusing on clarity, consistency, and 
adherence to procedure. 
D. Settlement Considerations 
 While litigation will proceed vigorously, the company should remain open to settlement 
discussions once expert findings are developed. Early assessments suggest a settlement range of  $35 
million to $55 million may reasonably reflect the risks and costs. 
E. Risk Assessment 
 Success in the Southern District of  Ohio is more likely than in alternate forums, with an 
estimated 45–55% probability of  obtaining a favorable ruling. Nevertheless, exposure remains 
significant due to the contractual strict liability framework. 
V . Conclusion 
 This rewritten litigation package provides a clear, comprehensive, and professionally 
organized summary of  all relevant factual, legal, and strategic considerations surrounding the M/V 
Red Room  incident. All content contained herein is intended solely for in-house counsel and 
constitutes privileged attorney work product. 
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1. [Page 1, Line 63, Chars 192-206]: ...'s  Register  ✠ 100A1  Oil  Tanker,  ESP,  LI  ●  Gross  Tonnage:  29,847  GT  ●  Deadweight:  46,850  MT  ●  Year...

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  [body.p.0.r.0] (bold): POLLUTION REPORT (POLREP) NO. 1

Paragraph [body.p.1] (style=normal):
  [body.p.1.r.0] (bold): Date/Time:
  [body.p.1.r.1]:  2024-11-20 14:30 EST

Paragraph [body.p.2] (style=normal):
  [body.p.2.r.0] (bold): Prepared By:
  [body.p.2.r.1]:  EPA On-Scene Coordinator (OSC), Region 5

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  [body.p.3.r.0] (bold): Incident Name:
  [body.p.3.r.1]:  M/V Red Room Ohio River Spill

Paragraph [body.p.4] (style=normal):
  [body.p.4.r.0] (bold): Location:
  [body.p.4.r.1]:  Ohio River, near Mile Marker 530, approaching Black Lodge Petroleum Logistics (BLPL) Terminal,

Paragraph [body.p.5] (style=normal):
  [body.p.5.r.0] (bold): 1. Incident Description:
  [body.p.5.r.1]: 

Paragraph [body.p.6] (style=normal):
  [body.p.6.r.0]: At approximately 08:00 EST on 2024-11-20, the M/V Red Room, a Panamanian-flagged oil tanker chartered by Red River Energy Co. (a US-based energy company), struck a submerged object on the bed of the Ohio River. The incident occurred as the vessel was navigating towards the Black Lodge Petroleum Logistics (BLPL) terminal. Initial reports confirm a breach in the vessel's hull, resulting in the discharge of crude oil into the Ohio River. Based on preliminary assessments, the estimated volume of crude oil discharged is approximately 
  [body.p.6.r.1] (bold): 180,000 gallons
  [body.p.6.r.2]: . The M/V Red Room is currently stable but remains at the incident site.

Paragraph [body.p.7] (style=normal):
  [body.p.7.r.0] (bold): 2. Site Assessment:

Paragraph [body.p.8] (style=normal):
  [body.p.8.r.0] (bold): Product:
  [body.p.8.r.1]:  Crude Oil (highly viscous, strong odor).

Paragraph [body.p.9] (style=normal):
  [body.p.9.r.0] (bold): Containment:
  [body.p.9.r.1]:  Initial boom deployment is underway by a Response Coordinator under federal oversight. Containment efforts are challenged by current river flow.

Paragraph [body.p.10] (style=normal):
  [body.p.10.r.0] (bold): Environmental Threat:
  [body.p.10.r.1]:  Significant. The Ohio River is a major waterway, a source of drinking water, and supports diverse aquatic ecosystems. The spill directly impacts aquatic life, shoreline habitats, and potentially public water intakes downstream.

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  [body.p.11.r.0] (bold): Safety Concerns:
  [body.p.11.r.1]:  Flammable vapors detected in immediate vicinity. Response personnel are utilizing appropriate PPE. Navigational hazard to other river traffic.

Paragraph [body.p.12] (style=normal):
  [body.p.12.r.0] (bold): Weather:
  [body.p.12.r.1]:  Overcast, light winds, river current approximately 6 knots.

Paragraph [body.p.13] (style=normal):
  [body.p.13.r.0] (bold): 3. Response Actions:

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  [body.p.14.r.0] (bold): Notification:
  [body.p.14.r.1]:  National Response Center (NRC) Notification 12345 received at 08:30 EST.

Paragraph [body.p.15] (style=normal):
  [body.p.15.r.0] (bold): Federal Activation:
  [body.p.15.r.1]:  EPA Region 5 activated as lead On-Scene Coordinator (OSC) for inland waters. U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Sector is providing support for vessel safety and navigation.

Paragraph [body.p.16] (style=normal):
  [body.p.16.r.0] (bold): Unified Command:
  [body.p.16.r.1]:  A Unified Command (UC) has been established involving EPA, USCG, State Environmental Agency, and State Emergency Management Agency.

Paragraph [body.p.17] (style=normal):
  [body.p.17.r.0] (bold): Containment & Recovery:
  [body.p.17.r.1]:  Approximately 20 feet of boom have been deployed. Skimming operations are commencing with 30 skimmers. Vac trucks and storage barges are being mobilized.

Paragraph [body.p.18] (style=normal):
  [body.p.18.r.0] (bold): Shoreline Assessment:
  [body.p.18.r.1]:  Initial shoreline assessment teams are identifying affected areas downstream.

Paragraph [body.p.19] (style=normal):
  [body.p.19.r.0] (bold): Air Monitoring:
  [body.p.19.r.1]:  Continuous air monitoring is in place around the vessel and downwind.

Paragraph [body.p.20] (style=normal):
  [body.p.20.r.0] (bold): Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA):
  [body.p.20.r.1]:  Preliminary discussions initiated with Natural Resource Trustees (NOAA, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, [State Natural Resource Agency]) to coordinate NRDA activities.

Paragraph [body.p.21] (style=normal):
  [body.p.21.r.0] (bold): 4. Resources On-Scene:

Paragraph [body.p.22] (style=normal):
  [body.p.22.r.0] (bold): Personnel:
  [body.p.22.r.1]:  EPA OSC and Incident Management Team (IMT), USCG personnel, [State Environmental Agency] staff, [Local Emergency Services].

Paragraph [body.p.23] (style=normal):
  [body.p.23.r.0] (bold): Equipment:
  [body.p.23.r.1]:  Multiple fast response vessels, boom, skimmers, vac trucks, storage barges, air monitoring equipment, communication assets.

Paragraph [body.p.24] (style=normal):
  [body.p.24.r.0] (bold): Contractors:
  [body.p.24.r.1]:  [Primary Response Contractor 1], [Primary Response Contractor 2] are mobilized.

Paragraph [body.p.25] (style=normal):
  [body.p.25.r.0] (bold): 5. Future Plans:

Paragraph [body.p.26] (style=normal):
  [body.p.26.r.0]: Continue and expand containment and recovery operations.

Paragraph [body.p.27] (style=normal):
  [body.p.27.r.0]: Deploy additional shoreline protection measures, particularly around sensitive areas and water intakes.

Paragraph [body.p.28] (style=normal):
  [body.p.28.r.0]: Conduct comprehensive environmental sampling and analysis to determine the extent and impact of the spill.

Paragraph [body.p.29] (style=normal):
  [body.p.29.r.0]: Develop a comprehensive site safety plan.

Paragraph [body.p.30] (style=normal):
  [body.p.30.r.0]: Regular Unified Command meetings will continue at [Frequency].

Paragraph [body.p.31] (style=normal):
  [body.p.31.r.0]: Engage with affected communities and provide regular updates.

Paragraph [body.p.32] (style=normal):
  [body.p.32.r.0] (bold): 6. Responsible Party Status and Federal Cost Recovery Intent:

Paragraph [body.p.33] (style=normal):
  [body.p.33.r.0] (bold): The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has identified Red River Energy Co. (as charterer of the M/V Red Room) and Black Lodge Petroleum Logistics (BLPL, as operator of the terminal and potential responsible party for the submerged object) as the entities responsible for the discharge of crude oil into the Ohio River.

Paragraph [body.p.34] (style=normal):
  [body.p.34.r.0] (bold): Pursuant to the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 90), 33 U.S.C. §2701 et seq., these parties are strictly liable for all removal costs and damages resulting from this incident. The federal government has initiated, and will continue to conduct, response actions consistent with the National Contingency Plan (NCP) to mitigate the release and threat of release of crude oil into the environment. The EPA will pursue recovery of all costs incurred by the federal government in responding to and mitigating the effects of this oil spill from the identified responsible parties.

Paragraph [body.p.35] (style=normal):
  [body.p.35.r.0] (bold): Red River Energy Co. and Black Lodge Petroleum Logistics are directed to actively engage with the Unified Command, fund and/or conduct appropriate cleanup operations, and comply with all directives issued by the EPA On-Scene Coordinator to ensure the swift and effective resolution of this incident.

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  [body.p.36.r.0]: 

Paragraph [body.p.37] (style=normal):
  [body.p.37.r.0] (bold): As potential Responsible Parties, Red River Energy Co. and Black Lodge Petroleum Logistics are directed to actively participate in all aspects of the response, including providing financial resources, personnel, and equipment as needed, and to comply with all federal directives issued by the On-Scene Coordinator.

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  [body.p.38.r.0]: 

Paragraph [body.p.39] (style=normal):
  [body.p.39.r.0] (bold): 7. Contact Information:
  [body.p.39.r.1]: 

Paragraph [body.p.40] (style=normal):
  [body.p.40.r.0]: EPA On-Scene Coordinator 

Paragraph [body.p.41] (style=normal):
  [body.p.41.r.0]: sonia.amethyst@c-mercor.com

Paragraph [body.p.42] (style=normal):
  [body.p.42.r.0] (bold): Distribution:

Paragraph [body.p.43] (style=normal):
  [body.p.43.r.0]: National Response Center (NRC)

Paragraph [body.p.44] (style=normal):
  [body.p.44.r.0]: U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Sector [Nearest Sector]

Paragraph [body.p.45] (style=normal):
  [body.p.45.r.0]:  Environmental Agency]

Paragraph [body.p.46] (style=normal):
  [body.p.46.r.0]: Emergency Management Agency]

Paragraph [body.p.47] (style=normal):
  [body.p.47.r.0]: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Paragraph [body.p.48] (style=normal):
  [body.p.48.r.0]: U.S. Department of Interior (DOI)

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  [body.p.49.r.0]: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Paragraph [body.p.50] (style=normal):
  [body.p.50.r.0]: [State Natural Resource Agency]

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  [body.p.51.r.0]: Red River Energy Co. (via designated representative)

Paragraph [body.p.52] (style=normal):
  [body.p.52.r.0]: Black Lodge Petroleum Logistics (via designated representative)

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