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Spill liability splits Senate; DOI, DHS seek BP position

05/24/2010
By Nick Snow
US senators continued to argue over the need to raise the $75 million liability limit under the 1990 federal Oil Pollution Act (OPA) as two key members of US President Barack Obama's cabinet sought assurance from BP PLC's chief executive officer that the company doesn't plan to rely on it.Senate leaders in both parties agreed that parties responsible for the Apr. 20 Deepwater Horizon semisubmersible rig accident and subsequent oil spill into the Gulf of Mexico should pay for the cleanup. "First, you have to make sure BP pays for the whole thing," Charles H. Schumer (D-NY), the Senate Democratic Conference's vice-chairman, said on May 16 as he appeared on NBC News's "Meet th...
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