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RESTORE Act
The RESTORE Act (the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act) is a United States federal statute that was signed into law by President Barack Obama on July 6, 2012.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.treasury.gov/services/restore-act/Pages/default.aspx )〕 It was enacted by the 112th United States Congress as an amendment to the “Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century” bill, a far-reaching transportation bill that included many other provisions.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.wildlifemanagementinstitute.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=589:senate-includes-restore-act-on-transportation-bill&catid=34:ONB%20Articles&Itemid=54 )〕 The act was in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill that occurred on April 20, 2010, which caused significant environmental, ecological, and economic damage to the U.S. Gulf Coast.
== Origins ==
(詳細はDeepwater Horizon, an oil rig located in the Gulf of Mexico that was owned by Transocean and drilling for British Petroleum (BP) exploded, killing 11 workers and injuring 16. The rig burned for over a day before it sunk into the gulf on April 22nd, 2010. Following the explosion, the seafloor oil gusher flowed for 87 days, spilling an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil into the gulf.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.uscg.mil/foia/docs/dwh/fosc_dwh_report.pdf )〕
The spill resulted in widespread damage to the environment and ecology of the gulf coast states, as well as subsequent economic damage to their tourism and fishing industries. BP settled with the Department of Justice for a record-high $4.525 billion in fines, however further legal proceedings are ongoing. In September 2014, a U.S. district judge issued a ruling that BP was mostly responsible for the spill, which could result in as much as $18 billion in additional penalties under the Clean Water Act.
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