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John F. Finston, Steven M. Levy, Douglas J. McClintock, Mark I. Sokolow; SNR Denton;
Legal Alert/Article March 1, 2011, previously published on February 23, 2011 As previously announced, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed merging the State Departments of Banking, Insurance and Consumer Protection into a single Department of Financial Regulation (DFR).
| | Federal Government Contractors' Information in FAPIIS Being Made Public
George G. Booker, Michael "Mike" Gardner, Dawn L. Serafine, Shomari B. Wade; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 1, 2011, previously published on February 23, 2011 On January 19, 2011, an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) was published. The interim rule requires that information in the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS) database be made available to the public beginning April 15th. The only...
| | U.S. Coast Guard To Enforce Vessel General Permit Requirements Over Shipboard Operational Discharges as part of Port State Control Inspections
Keesal Young Logan A Professional Corporation;
Legal Alert/Article February 24, 2011, previously published on February 13, 2011 We write to inform you of an important development in the implementation and enforcement of the Vessel General Permit requirements for certain vessels in U.S. waters. The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have published a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)...
| | Federal Maritime Commission Decides to Lift Tariff Rate Publication Requirements for Licensed NVOCCs
Blank Rome LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 22, 2011, previously published on February 2011 On February 16, 2011, after a long-awaited meeting and vote, the Federal Maritime Commission ("FMC") announced it will publish a final rule that will exempt licensed Non-Vessel Operating Common Carriers ("NVOCCs") from the tariff rate publication requirements of the Shipping Act...
| | Coast Guard Formally Agrees to Assist EPA in the Detection and Reporting of Deficiencies under EPA’s Vessel General Permit Program
Blank Rome LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 22, 2011, previously published on February 2011 On February 11, 2011, the Coast Guard and Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") entered into a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") outlining the steps the agencies will take to better coordinate efforts to implement and enforce the requirements of EPA's Vessel General Permit...
| | Crew’s Failure to Immediately Notify Coast Guard of Hazardous Condition on Vessel may be Knowing and Willful Criminal Violation of Ports and Waterways Safety Act
Keesal Young Logan A Professional Corporation;
Legal Alert/Article February 16, 2011, previously published on February 7, 2011 We write to bring to your attention a recent decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, reinstating a jury verdict which found that a vessel crew’s failure to immediately report a hazardous condition aboard their vessel to the United States Coast Guard amounted to a...
| | New Notice of Arrival Requirements for Outer Continental Shelf Units
Tara L. Leiter, Jonathan K. Waldron; Blank Rome LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 21, 2011, previously published on January 2011 On January 13, 2011 the U.S. Coast Guard issued a final rule (the “Final Rule”) to establish Notice of Arrival (“NOA”) requirements for “units” (i.e. U.S. and foreign flag vessels, floating facilities, and mobile offshore drilling units (“MODUs”))...
| | President Obama Announces a New Ocean Policy and Framework for Mapping the EEZ
Joan M. Bondareff; Blank Rome LLP;
Legal Alert/Article December 14, 2010, previously published on December 2010 On July 19, 2010, President Obama issued an Executive Order (E.O. 13366) establishing a new Ocean Policy Council and new Ocean Policy for the United States, and at the same time, released a final report elaborating on the Policy and creating a comprehensive regional structure and process for...
| | Customs Withdraws Jones Act Offshore Rulemaking
Thomas Z. Cheplo, Jeanne M. Grasso, Jonathan K. Waldron; Blank Rome LLP;
Legal Alert/Article December 9, 2010, previously published on December 2010 On November 15, 2010, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) withdrew an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“ANPRM”) regarding the transportation of merchandise and equipment by foreign-flag vessels engaged in the support of Outer Continental Shelf...
| | Federal BP Spill Panel: No Evidence that Money Trumped Safety in Deepwater Horizon Disaster
Edwards Angell Palmer Dodge LLP;
Legal Alert/Article November 18, 2010, previously published on November 17, 2010 President Obama’s ordered investigation of the BP disaster seems to lend support to BP's own conclusions about the disaster and challenges congressional claims ¿ as well as those made by others ¿ that BP, Transocean and Halliburton made decisions that sacrificed safety to cut...
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