About this Collection
This library of documents serves as the Marathon Pipe Line LLC Diesel Spill Big Creek Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Administrative Record Index.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is in the process of updating webpages, so some content that was previously available is temporarily unavailable. For a copy of documents with an asterisk (*), please contact Dan Sparks.
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I. Reference Library (Laws, Regulations, and Literature)
Laws
Regulations
II. Trustee Coordination and Management
Coordination Among Trustees (§ 990.14(a))
- Memorandum of Understanding Between the Natural Resource Co-Trustees for the State of Indiana and the Natural Resource Trustee Representatives for Region 3 United States Fish and Wildlife Service (August 2, 1993)*
- Marathon Pipeline Oil Spill - Big Creek Solitude, Indiana Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Activities - Designation of Authorized Official (AO) (April 3, 2018)*
Trustee Coordination with Response Activities (§ 990.14(b))
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Pollution/Situation Report (Polrep), Big Creek Marathon Response Removal Polrep #3, Final Removal Polrep (April 6, 2018)*
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Emergency Consultation letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (March 27, 2018)*
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Pollution/Situation Report (Polrep), Big Creek Marathon Response Removal Polrep #1 (March 26, 2018)*
Trustee Coordination with Responsible Parties (§ 990.14(c))
- Letter of Invitation (June 5, 2019)*
- Marathon's response to Letter of Invitation (June 18, 2019)*
- Presentment Letter of Assessment Plan (August 2, 2019)*
- Marathon's Response to Presentment Letter (September 27, 2019)*
- Trustees and Marathon Communications (November 2019 – March 2020)*
III. Pre-assessment Phase (§§ 990.40 – 990.45)
Determination of Jurisdiction (§ 990.41)
- Notice of Intent to Conduct Restoration Planning (§ 990.44) and Determination of Jurisdiction (§ 990.41)
Data Collection (§ 990.43)
- Pre-assessment Report (§ 990.43)
- Letter of Request (April 25, 2018) Marine Safety Laboratory (§ 990.43)
- Notice of Intent to Conduct Restoration Planning (§ 990.44)
IV. Restoration Planning
Injury Assessment (§ 990.50 – 990.52)
- Aquatic Toxicity Assessment for No. 2 Diesel Fuel in Freshwater Systems (July 29, 2019)*
DOI Interim, Partial Claim for Natural Resource Damage Assessment Costs (33 U.S.C. § 2713)
Marathon NRDA Claim Cvr. Ltr. to NPFC Assessment Costs (April 15, 2020)*
V. Settlement Agreement
- Settlement Agreement Among the United States Department of the Interior, the State of Indiana, and Marathon Pipe Line LLC (2020)*
VI. Public Outreach and Involvement (§990.14(d))
- News Release (December 17, 2020)*