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Article: Pilot charged in San Francisco oil spill; Ship hit bridge after negligence, complaint says.(NATION)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- March 18, 2008
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Byline: Jerry Seper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The pilot of a 65,131-ton container ship that rammed the San Francisco Bay Bridge in November, discharging 58,000 gallons of oil, was charged yesterday with violations of the Clean Water Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, the Justice Department said.
Assistant Attorney General Ronald J. Tenpas, who heads the department's Environment and Natural Resources Division, said John Joseph Cota, the pilot aboard the Cosco Busan, negligently caused the discharge of heavy fuel oil from the ship in violation of the Clean Water Act.
According to a criminal complaint in the case, Mr. Cota was piloting the ship from port in heavy fog ...