The Other Oil Cleanup
After the Valdez disaster, Congress passed the Oil Pollution Act, which greatly expanded eligibility for damage claims from offshore spills like the Valdez or the Deepwater Horizon. It also required that the party deemed responsible by the government compensate victims. Given the fact that the law has been on the books for 20 years, you might assume that setting up a compensation fund for victims of the BP spill would be a straightforward matter. It has not been.
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The New York Times
Published: Nov 4, 2010
Length: 31 minutes (7,910 words)