Exxon Valdez Oil Pollution Act Of 1990

After the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, the United States Congress to pass the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, which was made effective on 18th August of 1990, and with it commenced a new standard in the prevention of oil pollution, response, and liability (Sump, 2015, p.439). The oil industry implemented drug/alcohol testing for tanker workers, adjusted tanker routes, expanded training and examination regimes for workers, enhanced navigational gear, and introduced redundant power frameworks on vessels (Coil, Lester, and Higman, 2014). Also, Coil, Lester, and Higman (2014) wrote that spill response innovation improved via new methods and equipment, the oil spill response central points was formed, and a more detailed oil spill provisional mechanism was