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Oil Drilling to Resume in the Gulf’s Deep Waters
By JOHN M. BRODER and CLIFFORD KRAUSS Published: February 28, 2011 LinkedinDiggMixxMySpacePermalink.WASHINGTON — The Interior Department said Monday that it had approved the first new deepwater drilling permit in the Gulf of Mexico since the BP explosion and spill last spring, a milestone after a period of intense uncertainty for industry and a wholesale remaking [...]
Oil Spill Clean-Up Draws Down
Unified Command is scaling down shoreline oil removal. The “how clean is clean?” issue is being decided right now. Treatment methods, such as tilling the remaining oil into the beach sand, are presently under consideration. To download plans under review, follow the link embedded in the title of this article. Click: Louisiana Stage III Shoreline [...]
MDL Panel: Case Goes to New Orleans
The Courts just ruled that the BP Deepwater Case will be heard in New Orleans: MDL Opinion EDLA, Barbier.
Oil Rig Permitting, Operations, Spill Prevention and Response Law
Waltzer & Wiygul’s legal outline of statutes and regulations relative to the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon and BP’s subsequent response: BP DH Oil Spill law
Damage Claims: Feinberg’s Proposed Rules
A new Third Party Administrator (Feinberg) will handle damage claims of affected workers and business and property owners. The proposed Feinberg rules are posted in this site’s Library, accessible on the top bar of this page. Attorney Joel Waltzer encourages your review: “This process must be transparent and open for comment to all, not just BP/Feinberg’s chosen few.”
Had Government Properly Prepared for an Oil Spill?
Oil Spill response is supposed to be coordinated as per the National Response System and substantively by national, regional, state, area and facility oil spill response plans. Relevant plans and explanations are found here.
