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 104 STAT. 544 PUBLIC LAW 101-380 —AUG. 18, 1990 Public information. Oil Terminal and Oil Tanker Environmental Oversight and Monitoring Act of 1990. 33 USC 2732. (h) STATUS OF EMPLOYEES.— Employees of the Institute shall not, by reason of such employment, be considered to be employees of the Federal Government for any purpose. (i) TERMINATION.—The Institute shall terminate 10 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. (j) USE OF FUNDS. —A l l funds authorized for the Institute shall be provided through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. No funds made available to carry out this section may be used to initiate litigation. No funds made available to carry out this section may be used for the acquisition of real property (including buildings) or construction of any building. No more than 20 percent of funds made available to carry out this section may be used to lease necessary facilities and to administer the Institute. None of the funds authorized by this section shall be used for any purpose other than the functions specified in subsection O^)- (k) RESEARCH.—The Institute shall publish and make available to any person upon request the results of all research, educational, and demonstration projects conducted by the Institute. The Administrator shall provide a copy of all research, educational, and demonstration projects conducted by the Institute to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (1) DEFINITIONS.— In this section, the term "Prince William Sound and its adjacent waters" means such sound and waters as generally depicted on the map entitled "EXXON VALDEZ oil spill dated March 1990". SEC. 5002. TERMINAL AND TANKER OVERSIGHT AND MONITORING. (a) SHORT TITLE AND FINDINGS.— (1) SHORT TITLE.—T h is section may be cited as the "Oil Terminal and Oil Tanker Environmental Oversight and Monitoring Act of 1990". (2) FINDINGS. —The Congress finds that— (A) the March 24, 1989, grounding and rupture of the fully loaded oil tanker, the EXXON VALDEZ, spilled 11 million gallons of crude oil in Prince William Sound, an environmentally sensitive area; (B) many people believe that complacency on the part of the industry and government personnel responsible for monitoring the operation of the Valdez terminal and vessel traffic in Prince William Sound was one of the contributing factors to the EXXON VALDEZ oil spill; (C) one way to combat this complacency is to involve local citizens in the process of preparing, adopting, and revising oil spill contingency plans; (D) a mechanism should be established which fosters the long-term partnership of industry, government, and local communities in overseeing compliance with environmental concerns in the operation of crude oil terminals; (E) such a mechanism presently exists at the Sullom Voe terminal in the Shetland Islands and this terminal should serve as a model for others; (F) because of the effective partnership that has developed at Sullom Voe, Sullom Voe is considered the safest terminal in Europe; (G) the present system of regulation and oversight of crude oil terminals in the United States has degenerated into a process of continual mistrust and confrontation;

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