Barge Owner Agrees To Pay $15.3 Million To Settle Federal, Texas Oil Spill Claims

Mealey's (December 3, 2021, 8:50 AM EST) -- GALVESTON, Texas — The owner of an oil barge that dumped nearly 170,000 gallons of oil into a Texas shipping channel when it hit a cargo ship agreed Nov. 30 to pay $15.3 million in natural resource damages to settle federal litigation filed by the federal government and state of Texas....

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