BP Advances $1 Billion for Gulf Restoration As Fishing Reopens, Cleanup Winds Down

摘要

BP Plc has agreed to provide $1 billion toward early restoration projects in the Gulf of Mexico region to begin dealing with the impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on natural resources. The agreement on the advance payment was announced April 21 by the natural resource trustees for the Deepwater Horizon spill. The trustees are the five Gulf Coast states, the Department of the Interior, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "The agreement in no way affects the ultimate liability of BP or any other entity for natural resource damages or other liabilities, but provides an opportunity to help restoration get started sooner," the trustees said in the announcement. "The selection of early restoration projects will follow a public process."