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Company: Bouchard Transportation Co.
Current Parent Company: Bouchard Transportation
Penalty: $6,000,000
Year: 2010
Date: November 15, 2010
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: The Department of Justice, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the state of Rhode Island announced that Bouchard Transportation Co. Inc. and its affiliates will pay more than $6 million to settle a portion of the federal and state natural resource damages claims for the April 2003 spill of up to 98,000 gallons of oil into Buzzards Bay.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department multiagency referral
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: New York
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: privately held
Major Industry of Current Parent: miscellaneous services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: barge services
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