T/V American Trader Crude Oil Spill
Approximately 60 square miles of ocean, about 14 miles of beaches, affecting birds, fisheries and other natural resources
- Date/Time Frame
- February 7, 1990
- Statute
- OPA
- State
- California
- Substances
- crude oil
- Injury
- Birds, Fish, Mammals, Other Wildlife, Surface Water
Consent Decrees:
1997.03.05
- Federal Trustees:
- Department of the Interior (DOI), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)<br />
- State Trustees:
- California Department of Fish and Game, Department of Parks and Recreation, Regional Water Quality Control Board, Santa Ana Region, State Coastal Conservancy, State Lands Commission
- Potentially Responsible Parties:
- BP America Inc., BP Oil Supply Co., BP Oil Shipping Co., USA