120 STAT. 556
PUBLIC LAW 109–241—JULY 11, 2006
SEC. 606. ASSESSMENT OF OIL SPILL COSTS.
(a) ASSESSMENT.—The Comptroller General shall conduct an assessment of the cost of response activities and claims related to oil spills from vessels that have occurred since January 1, 1990, for which the total costs and claims paid was at least $1,000,000 per spill. (b) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report on the assessment conducted under subsection (a). The report shall summarize the following: (1) The costs and claims described in subsection (a) for each year covered by the report. (2) The source, if known, of each spill described in subsection (a) for each such year. SEC. 607. DELAWARE RIVER AND BAY OIL SPILL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the Delaware River and Bay Oil Spill Advisory Committee (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Committee’’). (b) MEMBERSHIP.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The Committee shall consist of 27 members who are appointed by the Commandant of the Coast Guard and who have particular expertise, knowledge, and experience regarding the transportation, equipment, and techniques that are used to ship cargo and to navigate vessels in the Delaware River and Delaware Bay, as follows: (A) Three members who are employed by port authorities that oversee operations on the Delaware River or have been selected to represent these port authorities, of whom— (i) one member shall be an employee or representative of the Port of Wilmington; (ii) one member shall be an employee or representative of the South Jersey Port Corporation; and (iii) one member shall be an employee or representative of the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority. (B) Two members who represent organizations that operate tugs or barges that utilize the port facilities on the Delaware River and Delaware Bay. (C) Two members who represent shipping companies that transport cargo by vessel from ports on the Delaware River and Delaware Bay, of whom at least one may not be a representative of a shipping company that transports oil or petroleum products. (D) Two members who represent operators of oil refineries adjacent to the Delaware River and Delaware Bay. (E) Two members who represent State-licensed pilots who work on the Delaware River and Delaware Bay. (F) One member who represents labor organizations whose members load and unload cargo at ports on the Delaware River and Delaware Bay. (G) One member who represents local commercial fishing interests or an aquaculture organization the members of which organization depend on fisheries and
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