On February 28, 2004, the chemical tanker T/V Bow Mariner caught fire, exploded, and sank about 45 nautical miles east of Virginia, and thousands of gallons of ethyl alcohol, heavy fuel oil, diesel fuel, and slops were released. The fuel oil and slops formed a persistent oil slick that remained off shore. Surveys and mortality modeling showed that a significant number of pelagic seabirds were killed by the spill. The Responsible Parties (RPs) and the Department of Interior (DOI) executed a Settlement Agreement on February 3, 2009, in which the RPs paid DOI reimbursement for natural resource damage assessment costs and provided funding for the restoration, rehabilitation, replacement, and/or acquisition of natural resources equivalent to those which were injured or destroyed as a result of the incident. The selected project “Seabird Management on Eastern Brothers Island”, was determined to be the best option for successful razorbill restoration efforts and would have ancillary benefits to other species. This project was a collaboration with the Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge (MCINWR). MCINWR owns Eastern Brothers Island and implemented the restoration activities. However, efforts associated with this project from 2010 to 2017 resulted in only partially successful predator control, establishment of some common tern nests, and increased observation of razorbills and puffins, but no razorbills established nests. Virginia Field Office and MCINWR staff concluded that efforts to attract razorbills to this area should be terminated and funds should be directed to another project. In November of 2019, an amendment to the Final Damage Assessment and Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment was approved for the revised restoration alternative: “Seabird Nesting Habitat Acquisition”. The remaining restoration funds were directed to MCINWR Refuge who worked with the Maine Coast Heritage Trust to acquire a 5.25 acre island “Hardhead Island”, a priority site for conservation that has a long history of supporting a variety of seabirds. The acquisition was completed on March 5, 2020.