HRS §128D-6.5
Heavy fuel oil release liability cap
This section limits how much a person can be ordered to pay for a heavy fuel oil spill from an interisland tank barge. The cap is $700 million. It defines what counts as heavy fuel oil, a release, and a tank barge.
businesses
The statute, as written — Limitation of liability for heavy fuel oil releases
(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the liability of any person under section 128D-6 for any release of heavy fuel oil from a tank barge carrying heavy fuel oil interisland shall not exceed $700,000,000. (b) For the purposes of subsection (a): "Heavy fuel oil" includes petroleum that is no. 6 technical grades of fuel oil and other grades such as navy special fuel oil and bunker C. "Release of heavy fuel oil" means a release subject to the federal Oil Pollution Act of 1990. "Tank barge" means any vessel that carries oil in bulk as cargo or in residue and is not equipped with a means of self propulsion.
Sections this one refers to
§128D-6 Liability for hazardous substance releases
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