In the USA at least, EPA enforcement has been drastically relaxed to allow a bit more freedom in regard to this issue in exchange of public safety and environmental stability.
I wouldn't be surprised if someone doesn't see the opportunity to just dump oil from their tankers to take on an additional lucrative storage contract from a speculator caught off guard.
ELPC just released this report for example claiming the number of facilities regulated by the EPA that are out of compliance have doubled in the last year.
> EPA enforcement has been drastically relaxed to allow a bit more freedom
EPA enforcement has been relaxed because the toxic sludge dumpers with influence in the Trump Administration have always wanted to gut environmental regulations and avoid legal liability for giving their neighbors cancer, but now they have a convenient excuse.
I wouldn't be surprised if someone doesn't see the opportunity to just dump oil from their tankers to take on an additional lucrative storage contract from a speculator caught off guard.
ELPC just released this report for example claiming the number of facilities regulated by the EPA that are out of compliance have doubled in the last year.
http://elpc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Region5Report_FIN...