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PA CRUISE LINE AGREES TO PAY $2 MILLION FOR POLLUTING ALASKAN WATERS
Release Date: 06/26/98
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FOR RELEASE: FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1998
CRUISE LINE AGREES TO PAY $2 MILLION FOR
POLLUTING ALASKAN WATERS
The Holland America Cruise Line, a subsidiary of the Dutch company HAL Beheer BV, agreed to pay a $1 million fine and provide $1 million to the National Park Foundation to benefit marine ecosystems at a hearing on June 19, in U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska in Anchorage. The company admitted to violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships during the summer of 1994, when oily water was illegally discharged from the bilge of the cruise ship "SS Rotterdam" while it was sailing within Alaska’s Inside Passage. In addition to the $2 million payment, Holland America agreed to establish a company environmental compliance plan to add pollution reduction equipment on each of its vessels and to serve five years probation. The case was investigated by EPA’s Criminal Investigation Division, the Marine Safety Office and the Investigative Service of the U.S. Coast Guard and the FBI.
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