Laws and Regulations/Legal Documents

Referenced Laws, Regulations, and Agreements

Oil Pollution Act (OPA) of 1990, 33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.

Consent Decrees/Related Documents

A copy of the final settlement document for this case is available on the NOAA Office of the General Counsel for Natural Resources website.

Trustee Coordination and Management

Memoranda of Understanding/Memoranda of Agreement

Memorandum of Agreement among Massachusetts, Rhode Island and the U.S. Department of the Interior and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration regarding Natural Resource Damage Assessment, Restoration and other Natural Resource Trustee Activities arising from the Bouchard B. 120 Oil Spill, March 27, 2007.

Memorandum of Agreement Between Bouchard Transportation Co., Inc. and the Natural Resource Trustees Governing Cooperative Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restorative Planning Activities for the Bouchard B. 120 Oil Spill, October 12, 2006.

Correspondence

Letter re Accepting request to conduct a cooperative natural resource damage assessment, June 30, 2003.

Letter re Inviting Bouchard Transportation Co., Inc. to participate in a cooperative natural resource damage assessment, June 12, 2003.

Preassessment Phase

Preliminary Injury Assessment

Pre-Assessment Data Report, June 7, 2005.

Injury Assessment Phase

Public Use and Recreation

Final Buzzards Bay/Bouchard B-120 Oil Spill Lost Use Valuation Report, March 31, 2009.

Shoreline Resources

Shoreline Injury Assessment Part I: Exposure Characteriztion Bouchard 120 Oil Spill, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, February10, 2006.

Draft Final B-120 Oil Spill Shoreline Injury Assessment: Injury Quantification, June 2008

Aquatic Resources (Benthic, Fish, and Shellfish Resources)

Final Aquatic Exposure and Injury Report, B-120 Oil Spill, October 24, 2008

Birds and Wildlife

Exposure Assessment and Injury Determination for the Northern Diamondback Terrapin, T/B Bouchard 120 Oil Spill, May 2005.

Rare Beetle Preassessment Screening, June 15, 2005.

Restoration Planning Phase

Buzzards Bay Public Presentation 09 21 22 11, September 2011

Final Ram Island Shore Protection Alternatives Analysis and Wave Study, May 15, 2009

Public Outreach and Involvement

Public Outreach

Bouchard NRD Meetings 9-2011, Press Release, September 2011

Public Information on NRDA Injury Assessment and Restoration, January 2011

Companies to Pay More Than $6 Million for Natural Resource Damages from Buzzards Bay Oil Spill (Press Release), November 15, 2010.

Buzzards Bay Oil Spill: A Cooperative Natural Resource Damage Assessment, April 2008.

Buzzards Bay Oil Spill in Massachusetts: A Cooperative Natural Resource Damage Assessment, October 2006.

Fact Sheet: Buzzards Bay Oil Spill in Massachusetts: A Cooperative Natural Resource Damage Assessment, May 2003.