The Attorney General’s Office is pleased to announce a $15.3 million settlement of the Texas City Y Oil Spill Natural Resource Damage (NRDA) matter. The damages occurred on March 22, 2014, when a barge owned and operated by Kirby Inland Marine, LP (“Kirby”) collided with a cargo ship in Galveston Bay near Texas City. The barge spilled approximately 168,000 gallons of oil into Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. Approximately 160 miles of shoreline were contaminated as a result of the spill, including areas […]
