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sEnUMENT AGllEEMENT
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I:N THE MAT'l'ER OF:
llARG3: l\TC 380
VESSEL SPILL OF
DECEHllER 21, 1992.
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WHEREAS, on December 21, 1992, ~ &pill of number 2 fuel oil
frOlll the lla~e RTC Jao occurred \/hich entered into the waters and
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reached the shorelines of the states of connecticut and New York
, and injurQd natural resource.s in :both states ("spill"):
WHEREAS, Reinauer Transportation company (hereinafter
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referred to as "Reinaue,r") owned and operated the :RTC 380 at 'l:ho
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l'lHl:nAs, on or
-- connectiC1J.t and New
about June 18, 1993, the states of
York and the unites states Department the
Interior and ths united Stal~e& Department of Commerce, National
oee~nic and ~~mosphe~ic A~~nistr3~ion. as tru~tees of the
natural reSOUrce!; (hereinafter referred to as "the Gove.rnments"),
jointly lUao.e a claim to Rainauer, alleging that Rein<Juer vas
responsible for the Spill aJld ~or all r.esponse costs .;!.nd dalUagC!s
!or injuries to natural rEsources rez~lting from the spill
including the cos~ of asse$~1nq those d~magQ~ pursuant to, intp-r
, !lolli, the oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA). 33 U.S.C. 2701 II
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WHElll;AS, the parties to this Agreement concur that
'--.,./. settlement af ttle claims: in thi", matter against Rein<luer wi-r.llout
resort to litigation is in the public 1nterest~ an~
WH~. the Governments and Reinauer have agreed that
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settlement of the clams in this lllatter '{"Till not constitute
evidence against or an acbDission by any party with re.spQCt to any
issue or an acbDission of liability or fault: on the part of any
party hereto,
IT is ~FORE AGREED among the parties:
I. DEFINITIONS
The t=s use<:l in thil; Agree1lent shall have the lII4an1iiqs set
forth in OPA, 33 U.S.C. S5 2'01 at ge~..
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II . PARTIES TO 'I'HIS AGREElimll:
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This .Aqreelllent ahall apply to and be binding upon and inure
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to 'the benefit of the Governments. Reinauer, and its present: and
former ofticers, directors, employees and agents.
III.. TOTA!, SUM TO BE PAm AS NATU:RAL Il.l':SOURCE DAMAGES mo
RESPONSE COSTS
On or be~ore.thirty (30) days folloving the exec~tion of
this Agreement. Reinauer shall pay to the Governments the sua or
two hund~ed thirty thousand nine hundred seventy-one dollars and
ninety-riv~ c~ts (S230,971.95) in natu~al resource damages and
response costs. PaY1Iients shall be IUade as set torth in paraqraph
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'IV. REUAsE OF CIJ\IMS
(al Except as provided in paragraph IV(b), upon payme.nt in
\,...../.full of all the SUlll& requi:t'ad to be pa.id by R..inauer pursuant to
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, this AgreeJllen;t, the Governments release Reinauer trom all natura.:\.
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resource damage claims arising from the Spi~l thqt =ay be raised
by the Governments in their capacity as natural resource trustees
pursuant to OPA, 3:1 O.S.C. B :<!70~ at' sed..
F\lrthe=ore I the
states of New York and Connecticut agree to release Reinauer fram
all olaims arising from the Spill that may be brought pursuant to
N.Y. Navigation LaW 5~ 173, 1Sl(1), and 181(2) (b); and Conn. Gen.
stat. is :<!2a-6 and 228-438, respectively.
(~) The ro1aase ot claiNs provided above in paragraph IV(a)
shall not extand to any claims for federal removal costs, 'third
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party claims paid or to be paid by the oil S};lill Liabili ty Trust
Funci (hereinafter, referred. to as "the Fund"), or to response
'costs incurred by the state of connecticut M'hlchhava been
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PAYMEN~ OF NATtJRlIT...m;.SOIJRCE n~)\(;ES AND COSTS
(a) Payments to tha,Gover~ents pursuant ,to para~aph III
above shall be made by c~~:ified cheCK as :ollows:
(1) $102,676.70, repr~sehtinq $100,000 for natural
resourOQ da~ge~ and $2,676.70 'for the cos~s of assessing those
dalllag€s, to the II Tre..asurer , state of Connecticut";
(2) Sl12,SJ5.61, representing $~oo,ooo for natural
resource damages and $12,535,61 for spill response and da~aqe
ass.~sment casts, to the ~State of Nev York";
(3) $5,560.00, for the costs of assessing natural
resource damages, to the "United states Department of thQ
Interior"; and
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. VI. ~NALT'L .fOR LATt: l'AYMFN'l;
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If a~~ paymenUl agreed to in paragratlhs II::t and V above are
not lIl/lde 01'1 or before thirty PO) days following the excc\.ltion of
this A9re~ent, Reinauer snall.pay, in addition ~o all sU~s due
and owing hereunder, liquidatllld damages in the amount of SSOO.OO
per day until :tull pa.YJllem: 1s made. In tlJe event that liquidated
daln.ll.ges are owed the GoVerlllllents pursuant to this paragraph,
:Reinauer Shall divide the a~ount of tota~ liquidated da~ages by
fou>: (~) and lllake equal payments to Qach of the four governlllenta~
entities,
,'VU. Rl3Pro:sFiNTATIONS
Each undoxsigned >:eprcsentative of each party to this
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VIII. COONTEJUlARTS
This <lgrcQlent may be executed in any nUlllber or
co~nterparts. and Qach executed counterpart sna~l have t~e same
force and effeot as an original In~trument.
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