BP Oil Spill
BP Oil Spill Trial Continued; Settlement Discussions Continue
BP Update: Court Date Postponed February 26, 2012 The Court today decided to postpone the start of the three month trial to March 5, 2012 to allow settlement discussions to continue. Waltzer & Wiygul has participated in settlement discussions to resolve private claims arising from the BP MC252 Deepwater Horizon disaster. Waltzer & Wiygul will continue to push for [...]
Commercial Fisheries In Decline Near Oiled Seafloor
An analysis provided on this page by Joel Waltzer of Waltzer & Wiygul of recent fisheries data obtained from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and FIsheries shows that MC252 oil spilled as a result of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion has caused long term damage to deepwater and shallow fisheries in Louisiana. The most [...]
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.”
