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Coast Guard OKs winding down BP spill cleanup
wwltv.com
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 10:09 AM
Cain Burdeau and Dina Cappiello
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- BP will no longer be responsible for cleaning up oil that washes up on the Gulf Coast unless officials can prove it comes from the company's well that blew out in 2010, causing the worst offshore spill in U.S. history, according to a plan approved by the Coast Guard and obtained by The Associated Press.
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Louisiana officials wouldn't give their approval because they were concerned about what they perceived as a lack of long-term monitoring in the document. They also complained that the Coast Guard gave them only five days to review the plan, according to a letter sent to the agency by Garret Graves, a top aide to Gov. Bobby Jindal for coastal affairs.
That concern was echoed by Ralph Portier, an oil spill cleanup expert with Louisiana State University.
"If we have learned anything from Valdez and Ixtoc, there needs to be an awareness for long-term monitoring," Portier said.
Full text:
http://www.wwltv.com/news/Coast-Guard-OKs-winding-down-BP-spill-cleanup--133535948.html
wwltv.com
Posted on November 9, 2011 at 10:09 AM
Cain Burdeau and Dina Cappiello
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- BP will no longer be responsible for cleaning up oil that washes up on the Gulf Coast unless officials can prove it comes from the company's well that blew out in 2010, causing the worst offshore spill in U.S. history, according to a plan approved by the Coast Guard and obtained by The Associated Press.
...
Louisiana officials wouldn't give their approval because they were concerned about what they perceived as a lack of long-term monitoring in the document. They also complained that the Coast Guard gave them only five days to review the plan, according to a letter sent to the agency by Garret Graves, a top aide to Gov. Bobby Jindal for coastal affairs.
That concern was echoed by Ralph Portier, an oil spill cleanup expert with Louisiana State University.
"If we have learned anything from Valdez and Ixtoc, there needs to be an awareness for long-term monitoring," Portier said.
Full text:
http://www.wwltv.com/news/Coast-Guard-OKs-winding-down-BP-spill-cleanup--133535948.html