The Globe and Mail reports in its Tuesday edition that newly released United States documents show American authorities are nervously eyeing Canadian proposals to triple the number of oil tanker voyages through the shared waters off B.C.'s coast, saying Canadian standards to clean a major spill are decades behind those of the United States and leave states vulnerable to environmental damage and costs. The Globe's Stanley Tromp writes that after the MV Marathassa spilled sticky, toxic bunker fuel into Vancouver's harbour this month, Washington State officials noted the state's oil-spill response regime was far advanced from Canada's. One former maritime lawyer said if the U.S. Coast Guard ranked an eight or nine out of 10 worldwide, then Canada's Coast Guard would rank a one or two. The Globe says American officials have been worried about Canada's oil-response capabilities for years, dating back to Canada's National Energy Board hearings into the proposed Kinder Morgan expansion project. Some even urged the U.S. to sue the NEB after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was initially barred from participating at the NEB hearings into Kinder Morgan.