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Open Letter To MMS

May 14, 2010

Posted by David Pettit in Moving Beyond Oil , Reviving the World's Oceans

Tags:
blackswanevents, blowoutpreventer, BP, cleanenergy, deepwaterhorizon, EPA, exxonvaldez, gulfofmexico, gulfspill, halliburton, MMS, NEPA, oilpollutionact, santabarbaraoilspill

Dear Minerals Management Service: Hi.  I’m old enough to remember the Santa Barbara oil spill in 1969.  I worked on the Exxon Valdez litigation and know about the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 that was enacted as a result of...

Recklessness, Cement, And Money

May 6, 2010

Posted by David Pettit in Moving Beyond Oil , Reviving the World's Oceans

Tags:
blowoutpreventer, BP, cleanenergy, deepwaterhorizon, gulfofmexico, gulfspill, halliburton, MMS, oilpollutionact

I posted a note the other day on the $75 million liability limit for economic damages under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.  There are two situations that may blow up that limit and allow unlimited recovery that, recent developments...