US Oil Pollution Act of 1990

Jacy Sim
GRMT 6120: Ecological Economics for Organizations (PG1)
01 June 2023
Exxon Valdez Oil
Spill

• March 24, 1989

• Prince William Sound, Alaska
• 11 million gallons of oil

(United States Coast Guard, n.d.)

US Oil Pollution Act
(OPA) of 1990

• Prevention
• Response
• Liability
• Compensation

(United States Coast Guard, n.d.)

 • Allows states to implement their own measures
Shortcomings of OPA • Applies only to entities under U.S. jurisdiction

(Zimmerman, 1999)
Ecological Economics
Considerations

• How are compensation costs

determined?
• How is the value of ecological
services quantified?
References

United States Coast Guard. (n.d.). Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA). Retrieved May 25, 2023, from
https://www.uscg.mil/Mariners/National-Pollution-Funds-Center/about_npfc/opa/#:~:text=The%20Oil%20Pollution%20
Act%20of%201990%20(33%20U.S.C.,waters%20of%20the%20United%20States
Zimmerman, J. A. (1999). Inadequacies of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990: Why the United States should adopt the convention
on civil liability. Fordham International Law Journal, 23(5).
https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1705&context=ilj
Thank you.