Better throw it back.
“When you pull a fish up, it doesn’t look like it is supposed to look, like they did before.’’
And here I was told by my government the oil just magically went away while BP pays for tourism commercials on television.
"Gulf Coast residents upset BP allowed to end cleanup; Fear no one will monitor lingering oil spill effects" November 10, 2011|By Cain Burdeau and Dina Cappiello, Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS - Word that the government is letting BP end its cleanup of the Gulf Coast left many residents seething and fearful over who would monitor or respond to any lingering effects of the worst oil spill in US history.
Estimates that 90 percent of the region’s shores have been cleaned of oil from last year’s spill belie the sentiments of many locals who are likely to think first of BP when they spot tar balls or mats of weathered oil in the sand. Such waste has washed ashore for years from a variety of sources, but the spill’s traumatic aftermath has linked it with BP in the minds of many.
“Everything is just not how it used to be,’’ said Ryan Johnson, a fishermen in Pensacola Beach, Fla. “When you pull a fish up, it doesn’t look like it is supposed to look, like they did before.’’
The agreement approved last week by the US Coast Guard ends BP’s cleanup responsibility for all but a small fraction of the coast and marks a shift to restoration efforts that will likely include planting new vegetation and adding new sand to beaches.
Why not? They have been dumping sand on them since it started.
Under the plan, BP PLC will not be required to clean up oil that washes ashore in the future unless officials can prove it came from the blown-out well that caused the 2010 catastrophe - a link that the company concedes will be harder to establish as time passes and the oil degrades.
Still, a top company official said BP is ready to respond to any oil that is deemed its responsibility....
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"Fund administrator say oil spill payouts to shrimpers will improve soon" October 28, 2011|Associated Press
WASHINGTON - The administrator of the $20 billion fund set up by BP to compensate individuals and businesses hurt by last year’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill said yesterday that new rules are being formulated to make payouts more generous for hard-hit shrimpers.
Washington attorney Kenneth Feinberg told a House Committee on Natural Resources hearing he hopes to announce the rules within two weeks.
He agreed with concerns from shrimpers that the length and extent of damage they have suffered because of the April 2010 disaster has been more significant than first thought.
Simply meaning the GOVERNMENT LIED EARLIER!
“I think we’ve got to do better for the shrimpers,’’ Feinberg said.
Feinberg remains under fire for the slow pace of payments and for denying many claims....
Feinberg agreed in July to a Justice Department audit. He said at the hearing the audit has not started. A Justice spokesman said the audit is expected to start before the end of the year....
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"Oil firm will pay $4b for Gulf spill" October 18, 2011|By Julia Werdigier, New York Times
LONDON - The British oil company BP said yesterday that a partner in the well that exploded last year in the Gulf of Mexico, Anadarko Petroleum, had agreed to pay $4 billion to settle claims related to the ensuing oil spill.
The settlement ends a long dispute between BP, which operated the well in the Gulf, and Anadarko, which had a 25 percent stake, about compensating those affected by one of the worst US oil spills.
The settlement was not an admission of liability, said BP, whose investigation concluded the accident was the result of multiple miscues involving several companies. BP continues to quarrel with its contractors, Transocean, which operated the rig, and Halliburton, which was responsible for cement work, about participating in the compensation payments. BP said the Anadarko settlement should set an example.
“There is clear progress with parties stepping forward to meet their obligations and help fund the economic and environmental restoration of the Gulf,’’ said BP’s chief executive, Robert W. Dudley. “It’s time for the contractors, including Transocean and Halliburton, to do the same.’’
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What a crappy catch fishing in Globe waters.
