BP Oil Spill
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 [...]
MMS Files Documents in Support of New Drilling Permits Issued After Spill
The government must support its agency decisions with findings of fact derived from a administrative record. This “administrative record” underlies MMS decisions to approve more deepwater exploratory wells in GoM subsequent to the BP Oil Spill. In this post, you can download the government’s Table of Contents. Contact Waltzer & Wiygul if you wish any [...]
Dead Bird Islands Cover Louisiana Bay
Lower Mississippi River Keepers, the Louisiana Environmental Action Network and the Pointe Au Chien Indian Tribe discover islands in Timbalier Bay, Louisiana covered with dead birds and a dead sea turtle. Tribal attorneys Patty Ferguson and Joel Waltzer from Waltzer & Wiygul reported the findings to Unified Incident Command. Stuart Smith of Smith & Stagg [...]
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.”
BP Buys Science and Secrecy
BP PLC is offering money to scientists with research into the Gulf spill, in an effort to secure their support for the company in impending spill litigation. In one case, the company offered to hire the entire marine sciences department at an Alabama university, according to scientists who spurned the offer. … Robert Wiygul, an Ocean Springs lawyer who specializes in environmental law, said the contract is one-sided. “This is not an agreement to do research for BP,” he said. “This is an agreement to join BP’s legal team. You agree to communicate with BP and to take orders from their attorneys.”
