Apart from municipal waste, stricter oil/grease discharge limits are also enforced in oil and gas sectors as large volumes of produced water is being discharged to open ocean.
Before the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, the Coast Guard focused its efforts on search-and-rescue operations as well as boating safety, drug enforcement, interdicting illegal immigrants, catching vessels that spill oil, enforcing fishing quotas and maintaining countless buoys and lighthouses.
"Nigeria has not in the past been particularly good at enforcing rules on oil companies with political ties," says Ebsary.
This was the agency charged with not only providing permits but also enforcing laws governing oil drilling.
Market watchers wonder what will happen to prices when sanctions are enforced against Iranian oil.
What Scotland loses in the finance industry it might gain from an increased, enforced focus on oil.
Since then, congestion has grown worse, energy-demanding air conditioning has become routine, and highway speed limits have risen from the 55mph that was enforced after the oil shock of 1973-74.
This year, American ships and other navies involved in enforcing the sanctions have inspected 99 tankers suspected of smuggling oil from Iraq.
A4 U.S. Diverts Russian Tanker Two American warships enforcing United Nations sanctions against Iraq seized and diverted a Russian oil tanker in the Persian Gulf after finding evidence that it might be smuggling oil out of southern Iraq, a Pentagon spokesman said.
Ali Rodriguez, the oil minister, says the government will respect the production contracts signed by its predecessor with foreign oil companies, but it will not sign further contracts.In oil policy, at least, Mr Chavez's government has had some success: by enforcing production cuts agreed on with its OPEC partners and others, it has contributed to a sharp rise in the oil price.
