ELR Citation: ELR 20956
No(s). s. 84-4041 et al (9th Cir. Aug 14, 1986)

The court holds that the port of Portland, Oregon, is entitled to recovery from its insurers for the cost of responding to an oil slick from the sinking of a port-owned dredge. The court first notes that the port's insurance coverage is coextensive with its Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA...