Re:Oil plunges below zero for first time with May contract e...
by xnyan on Monday April 20, 2020 @12:25PM
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This is obviously wrong. The EPA has explicitly stated they will not be enforcing regulation. Source: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/489753-epa-sus...
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Re:Oil plunges below zero for first time with May contract e...
by singlow on Monday April 20, 2020 @12:49PM
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From the memo that generated the news story you linked:
> IV. Accidental Releases Nothing in this temporary policy relieves any entity from the responsibility to prevent, respond to, or report accidental releases of oil, hazardous substances, hazardous chemicals, hazardous waste, and other pollutants, as required by federal law, or should be read as a willingness to exercise enforcement discretion in the wake of such a release.
Re:Oil plunges below zero for first time with May contract e...
by tzs on Monday April 20, 2020 @01:28PM
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If one wished to be nit-picky, one might note that the part you quote is explicitly about "accidental" releases, so arguably does not apply to the deliberate release that the originator of this thread branch was talking about. :-)
Re:Oil plunges below zero for first time with May contract e...
by dragonwriter on Monday April 20, 2020 @05:18PM
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There is a separate note about criminal violations not facing “enforcement discretion”, which unless I'm mistaken covers pretty much any intentional release.
Re:Oil plunges below zero for first time with May contract e...
by koheripbal on Monday April 20, 2020 @12:44PM
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READ THE EPA STATEMENT..
https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2020-03/documents...
> The enforcement discretion described in this temporary policy do not apply to any criminal violations or conditions of probation in criminal sentences.
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> This policy does not apply to imports.
They are relaxing REPORTING requirements - not giving a free pass to anyone dumping whatever they want. Obviously.