. Under the new amendments, according to the Senate, "any owner or operator of a vessel must reimburse the United States for expenses covering its salvage, if wrecked.” Id. (emphasis added). Likewise, the Corps has interpreted the 1986 amendments to mean that ”[t]he abandonment of a wreck or other obstruction does not remove the owner’s liability for the cost of removal and disposal if removal is undertaken by the Corps of Engineers, except in cases of nonnegligent sinking which occurred prior to November 17, 1986.” 33 C.F.R. § 245.45(f). 12 .The Limitation Act provides in pertinent part: The liability of the owner of any vessel, whether American or foreign, for any ... loss, damage or injury by collision, or for any act, matter, or thing, loss, damage, or 52, 955-56 (D.Minn.1982) (<HOLDING>); cf. Transporter Marine, 217 F.3d at 339-40
holding that the limitation act does not apply to claims brought under the park system resource protection act holding that the limitation act does not apply to claims brought under the transalaska pipeline authorization act holding that the limitation act does not apply to claims brought under the clean water act holding that the limitation act does not apply to claims brought under the oil pollution act holding that similar notwithstanding language in the clean water act preempted application of limitation act to limit owners liability for cleanup costs