Legal Opinion
Hornbeck Offshore Transportation, LLC v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 30, 2009No. 08-5225PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge BROWN.
Opinion filed by Circuit Judge ROGERS, concurring in part.
BROWN, Circuit Judge:
Hornbeck Offshore Transportation, LLC owns and operates oil transport vessels, including the ENERGY 8701, a single-hulled oil barge. All single-hulled oil barges have been slated to be phased out under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (“OPA”), but the actual phase-out date depends on a vessel’s gross tonnage. 46 U.S.C. § 3703a(c). The U.S. Coast Guard initially assigned a phase-out date which Hornbeck believed was too early. After successfully challenging the Coast…
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