Some of those things are well founded. Some are just crazy….[you have to] dress up like Darth Vader whenever you see a patient.
OPA 90 -- virtually everyone affected, except the environmentalists, think it is as the 'Rocky Horror Picture Show.' Congress crafted it in an emotional bonfire, which was ignited by the massive spill at Valdez.
They told us in a seminar that OSHA needs money. Where do you think OSHA is going to get money? From fines.
[By exposing shipowners to an uninsurable level of liability, the act is] 'driving away from U.S. trading many responsible shipowners who may well possess the safest tankers and the most solid financial backing to cope with pollution damage claims.'
The fallout from the act is coming. It is like the sword of Damocles hanging over the industry.
[The Oil Pollution Act] also raises fundamental questions as to whether oil companies will be willing to pay for responsible parties to stay in the business of transporting crude, or whether vessel operators will prosper who engage in a game of roulette with the liability limits.
The net result could well be a greater probability of oil spills, less likelihood of a responsible owner to deal with those spills, less reliable transportation of oil and greater cost to the consumer; the very things the U.S. wanted to avoid.
The technology to meet these standards simply does not exist today…[and we predict] major supply disruptions.
[Further decreasing auto emissions] is not feasible or necessary and that congressional dictates to do so would be financially ruinous.
We have some real qualms with the benefits of mandatory labeling for produce….[while] smart consumers will recognize the benefits…it's staggering what people don't know.
