The suits, filed by six green groups in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, represent the first legal challenge to a deepwater drilling plan approval since last summer's accident at BP's Macondo well. The plan in question was the first to comply with the new Site-specific Environmental Assessment (SEA) implemented in August 2010.

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n a paper filed with Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF), BP said the region's economy is strong and "there is no basis to assume that claimants, with very limited exceptions, will incur a future loss related to the oil spill."