To get around the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 many oil carriers

A. use unregulated foreign cruise ships.
B. have increased the use of supertankers.
C. use lightly regulated oil barges pulled by tugboats.
D. have constructed pipelines under the ocean floor.


Answer: C

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