BP has made $25 million block grants to Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida to help speed up the implementation of Area Contingency Plans (ACPs).

摘要

ACPs are approved plans that address the removal of a worst-case spill. They are designed to mitigate or prevent a substantial threat to sensitive areas. According to BP, the grants affect neither the company's Mississippi Canyon Block 252 response nor the existing claims process. Rather, BP officials said, they will supplement them and are meant to help local businesses to support clean-up and recovery effects.