Oil Spills in Most Imperiled U.S. Coastal Wetland Escape Fines
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Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- In the months since the April 20blowout in the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana regulators moved tofine BP Plc and two of its contractors as much as $1 million foreach of the 86 days the runaway well gushed oil.
The state attorney general also hired outside counsel tohelp pursue legal claims that may reach hundreds of millions ofdollars. The goal is to restore the oil-stained coast “to whatit was pre-spill,” said Republican Governor Bobby Jindal.