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| 13. | U.S. OIL TANKERS |
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| ISSUE | The F.W.O.C., together
with most of the U.S. condemns the carelessness and lack of
responsibility that caused the Exxon Valdez oil spill of March,
1989. We commend Senator Brock Adams, Washington, and others in
the Senate for their legislation requiring comprehensive contingency
plans on the part of oil companies, and related controls to prevent
other such accidents, several of which, similar in nature, have
happened in various parts of the world since last year. Senator
Adams' legislation included a provision to make double-hulls required
on U.S. tankers; this provision was not passed when the rest of the
bill was passed by the Senate on August 4, 1989. The bill also
required that the Coast Guard make a study on the use of double
hulls. As long ago as 1975, Washington's Senator Magnuson was
proposing double hulls as a way of preventing such oil spills. |
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| STATUS |
The Federation believes
that requiring double hulls on oil tankers is the best way of
preventing oil spills of damaging nature, and to preserve the oil for
appropriate use, especially in light of the Mid-East crisis we face now. |
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| WHAT TO DO |
The Federation of Western
Outdoor Clubs urges its members to contact their Congressional
delegation, pressing them to pass legislation to require all new
tankers built for oil transportation in and around the waters and
harbors of the U.S. to have double hulls. |
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