Sec. 2. Liability of owners and operators of foreign facilities
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Section 1001 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 ( 33 U.S.C. 2701 ) is amended— in paragraph (26)(A)— in clause (ii), by striking onshore or offshore facility, any person and inserting onshore facility, offshore facility, or foreign offshore unit or other facility located seaward of the exclusive economic zone, including a facility located in, on, or under any land within a foreign country, any person ; and in clause (iii), by striking offshore facility, the person who and inserting offshore facility or foreign offshore unit or other facility located seaward of the exclusive economic zone, including a facility located in, on, or under any land within a foreign country, the person or entity that ; in paragraph (27), by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: , including any foreign individual and any foreign public or private entity ; and in paragraph (32)— by redesignating subparagraphs
(D)through
(F)as subparagraphs
(E)through (G), respectively; by inserting after subparagraph
(C)the following: In the case of a foreign offshore unit or other facility located seaward of the exclusive economic zone, including a facility located in, on, or under any land within a foreign country, any person owning or operating the facility, and any leaseholder, permit holder, assignee, or holder of a right of use and easement granted under applicable foreign law for the area in which the facility is located. ; and in subparagraph
(G)(as so redesignated), by striking or offshore facility, the persons and inserting offshore facility, or foreign offshore unit or other facility located seaward of the exclusive economic zone, including a facility located in, on, or under any land within a foreign country, the persons or entities . Section 1015(c) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 ( 33 U.S.C. 2715(c) ) is amended, in the third sentence, by adding before the period at the end the following: , or any other facility located seaward of the exclusive economic zone, including a facility located in, on, or under any land within a foreign country . Section 311(a)(6) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1321(a)(6) ) is amended by striking
(B)and all that follows through and
(C)and inserting the following
(B)in the case of a facility, any person owning or operating the facility, and
(C).
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