Approximately 474,963 gallons of unleaded gasoline were released from a rupture in a Marathon Pipeline Company's (Marathon) pipeline near Gramercy, LA, St. James Parish, during May 1996. The Blind River, several tributaries, drainage and oil field canals, and the surrounding freshwater swamp were impacted by the fuel spill resulting in injuries to benthic communities, water quality, wildlife and fisheries resources, wetland habitats and associated ecological services, and recreational uses. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator's Office, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (collectively the "Trustees") reached an agreement for natural resource damages with Marathon during April 1998 that included a collection of recreation and ecological restoration projects. The recreation projects included improvements to the St. James Parish Boat Club, such as parking lot improvements at the public boat launch, replacement of an existing wharf, and acquisition of new playground equipment, and construction of an elevated walkway at a wetland habitat education area located at a St. James Parish welcome center. The ecological restoration project included the enhancement and preservation of 33 acres of bald cypress-water tupelo habitat and 2.28 linear miles of stream bank at the Bayou LaCache wetland mitigation area, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. These projects were successfully implemented and completed by May 2, 2000. The full administrative record is available through the Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator's Office (http://www.losco.state.la.us/).