The Department of Environmental Protection has adopted emergency amendments to 314 Mass. Code Regs. 19.00, Oil Spill Prevention and Response. The amendments add provisions for the dispatch of state-provided tugboat escort services for tank vessels carrying 6,000 barrels or more of oil in Buzzards Bay and specify equipment, manning, and response requirements related to the operation of state-provided tugboat escorts. http://www.mass.gov/dep/cleanup/laws/spillact.htm#tugreg.