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Accountability for the 2007 Cosco Busan Oil Spill in San Francisco

..."Fleet [Hong Kong based Fleet Management Ltd.] has agreed to pay a total $10 million criminal penalty. ...The pilot of the Cosco Busan, Captain John Cota, was recently sentenced to 10 months in prison, one year of supervised release and 200 hours of community service for his role in causing the Cosco Busan collision and discharge of oil and deaths of migratory birds." - excerpt from this Environment News Service article.

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