| Oil Spill Protection Act Must Be Followed While Law Is Challenged |
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| Friday, 24 August 2007 06:00 | |||
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The State of Massachusetts has determined that shippers and tugboat escorts must follow the State's Oil Spill Prevention Act while the law is challenged in court. Most of the law was ruled unconstitutional in 2006. It was enacted after a barge dumped nearly 100,000 gallons of oil into Buzzards Bay when one of the barge's tank's ruptured. The spill damaged more than 100 miles of shoreline, killed wildlife and halted operations on 90,000 acres of shellfish beds for moths after the spill. Click Read More for a link to the full story: From the Herald-Tribune: BOSTON -- The state has decided oil shippers in Buzzards Bay must obey the Oil Spill Prevention Act, including tugboat escorts, while the oil shipping industry fights the law in court. A federal judge ruled major portions of the state law unconstitutional in July 2006, about a year and a half after it went into effect. U.S. District Court Judge Joseph L. Tauro said the state was encroaching on federal authority by making law in an area regulated by the Coast Guard.
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