Castor Proposes Amendment to Clean Water Act to Help Gulf Coast Recover from BP Disaster
Washington,
July 12, 2011
Rep. Kathy Castor has proposed an amendment today to the Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act of 2011 that would direct 80 percent of the fines and penalties collected under the Act as a result of the Deepwater Horizon disaster to Gulf Coast recovery and restoration efforts.
Rep. Kathy Castor has proposed an amendment today to the Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act of 2011 that would direct 80 percent of the fines and penalties collected under the Act as a result of the Deepwater Horizon disaster to Gulf Coast recovery and restoration efforts. “BP’s recent move to avoid paying claims for future losses demonstrates the difficult path ahead,” Castor said. “The Gulf Coast States must be united and aggressive in fighting for recovery and research.” Castor’s amendment draws the most important provision from her Gulf of Mexico Economic and Environmental Restoration Act. The bill would implement the recommendation made in September by Navy Secretary Ray Mabus in his report, America’s Gulf Coast – A Long Term Recovery Plan, and the recommendation of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, co-chaired by former Sen. Bob Graham. Castor first filed her bill in the last session of Congress. She re-filed it to put it on the agenda of the 112th Congress.
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