Two years after the Presidential Commission’s report on the tragic Deepwater Horizon disaster, much happened in the area of oil pollution law, though only one aspect of the Oil Pollution Act was amended. This session provided a review of recent OPA litigation, including the BP criminal plea agreement and the issues in the pending civil penalty action, legislation allocating of potential civil penalties, and the natural resource damages assessment underway, including the innovative framework laid out in agreements with NOAA and in settlements with the Gulf States.
Speakers:
Russ Randle, Partner, Patton Boggs LLP (moderator)
Trudy Fisher, Executive Director, Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
William T. Hassler, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson
The Honorable Lois Schiffer, General Counsel, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Courtney Taylor, Interim Director, Mississippi River Delta Restoration, Environmental Defense Fund
Speaker Materials:
Russ Randle powerpoint presentation
William Hassler powerpoint presentation
Additional ELI Resources:
- Oil Pollution Deskbook (2d ed., 2012), by Russell V. Randle
- Overview of the BP Criminal Plea Agreement for Deepwater Horizon, ELI (Nov. 2012)
- The RESTORE Act: Comparing the Funding Mechanisms, ELI (Nov. 2012)
- Listen to the July 13, 2012 ELI seminar on Implementing the RESTORE the Gulf Coast States Act: Key Considerations and Opportunitites
- Access materials and presentations from the January 26, 2012 ELI seminar on Offshore Oil & Gas in the Arctic: The Next Five Years
- Visit ELI's Deepwater Horizon Litigation Resources website
- mp3 recording