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To: FreePaul
Note the "Prestige" is a single hulled tanker. These were banned from US waters by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, drafted by the USCG and approved by congress, following the Exxon Valdez disaster.
8 posted on 11/19/2002 7:50:38 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
...the "Prestige" is a single hulled tanker.

From the article I believe that the "Prestige" is now a double hulled tanker. Half at one place, half at another.

13 posted on 11/19/2002 7:57:57 AM PST by FreePaul
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
These were banned from US waters by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 Actually the final ban doesn't come into force until 2015.
33 posted on 11/20/2002 9:57:34 AM PST by dfc62
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