BP Says Oil Spill Negligence Ruling Negates CWA Liability

By Jess Krochtengel (September 22, 2014, 8:33 PM EDT) -- BP Exploration & Production Inc. on Friday told the Fifth Circuit that a district judge's recent findings "fatally undermine" an earlier panel decision that held BP liable for Clean Water Act violations tied to the Deepwater Horizon disaster, saying the panel ruling hinges on factual assumptions that are not only in dispute but "entirely wrong."...

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