The Department of Environmental Protection will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to Mass. Regs. Code tit. 314 §19.00: Oil Spill Prevention & Response. The amendments enhance the protection of Buzzards Bay by providing state-provided tugboat escort services to tank vessels carrying 6,000 barrels or more oil in Buzzards Bay. The regulation provides for the dispatch of state-provided tugboat escorts to accompany such tank vessels and specifies equipment, manning, and response requirements related to the operation of state- provided tugboat escorts. The hearing will be March 23, 2010. http://www.mass.gov/dep/cleanup/laws/spillact.htm#tugreg.