Along the trail. âThe Lily Lake Trail begins at the end of the road in the Upper Huerfano. Valley. At this point, everything except the road behind you and the pack trail. leading through the lower valley ahead is part of the Sangre de Cristo National Wilderness. Area. About a mile past the end of the road the trail goes west along the.
The oil spill was an avoidable disaster caused by a series of failures and blunders made by BP and its partners, including Transocean and Halliburton, and government departments assigned to regulate them, the panel concludes. It also warns such a disaster would likely recur because of industry complacency.
The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 caps BP's civil liability for the Deepwater Horizon spill at $75 million. The law forces companies to have a place to prevent spills that may occur.The House passed the bill with a vote of 375-5, and it was passed in the Senate by a voice vote. RELATED TERMS. law that caps civil liability for oil spills caused by tankers and drilling vessels in the United States' territorial waters. The passage of the law was prompted by the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989, where Exxon was held liable for billions in civil damages. The bill enjoyed popular support at its passage. Next Up.