GAO: Macondo spill claims pass 60% of OPA liability cap

The US Coast Guard’s National Pollution Funds Center, which administers the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund established under the 1990 Oil Pollution Act, has obligated or incurred $625.9 million in costs involved with responses to the Macondo deepwater well blowout and oil spill as of Mar. 31, the Government Accountability Office said in an Apr. 18 report.

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