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Article: INFORMATION ISSUED BY U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ON MARCH 6: GUILTY PLEA IN CASE OF COSCO BUSAN SHIP PILOT
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- March 27, 2009
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WASHINGTON, March 6 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for the Northern District of California issued the following press release:
John Joseph Cota, a California ship pilot, pleaded guilty today to negligently causing the discharge of approximately 53,000 gallons of oil into San Francisco Bay in violation of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, a law enacted in the wake of the Exxon Valdez disaster. Cota, who piloted the M/V Cosco Busan when it hit the San Francisco Bay Bridge on Nov. 7, 2007, also pleaded guilty today to violation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act for the death of protected migratory birds.
If the plea terms are accepted by U.S. District Court Judge Susan ...