British Petroleum (BP PLC) , said Gov. Bobby Jindal 's administration has been distorted in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill records, including how much has been spent cleaning up .
BP's vice president Jeff Morrell , U.S. Communications Thursday responded coastal Jindal and his senior officials attic Graves , one day in advance Gulf Coast ecosystem restoration committee meetings during and after the comment.
"Their political grandstanding apparently contains false assertions , defying a proven track record of environmental restoration has occurred throughout the Gulf region , and tens of thousands of people to establish defamation timely recovery and reconstruction tremendous effort," Morrell said .
In response to an e-mail to The Associated Press , Graves said , "BP is not the victims of this disaster , no matter what they say or what to do , the bereaved family and the Gulf citizens are the victims, we have to fight held there are responsible for their actions BP BP's activities , to portray themselves as victims are shameless . "
At the Legislative Council meeting, Jindal said , BP Company overly concerned about their image , you need to turn its attention to cover repair costs.
"BP needs to stop spending millions of dollars of public relations campaign to tell us how great they are , and begin to prove that it is now resolved their" Clean Water Act " and natural resource damage liability , " Jindal said. " " Although Transocean stepping up to the plate and pay their own responsibility , BP did not. "
Morrell said the whole of today ,, BP has spent more than 26 billion yuan of response , cleanup and claims.
" Repeated the assertion that we have spent more money on advertising than this is clearly wrong , it seems deliberately intended to mislead the public ," he said .
Transocean Ltd. Jindal praised the massive oil spill and its role pleaded guilty and agreed to pay $ 14 billion in civil and criminal penalties. Has agreed to a record $ 400 million in criminal fines , BP, litigation in civil fines.
BP's Macondo well blowout in April 2010 on the Deepwater Horizon rig , BP leasing, Transocean explosion . Explosion killed 11 workers were killed , and spawned the nation's worst offshore oil spill .
" For BP executives tried to call our concerns " grandstanding " is ridiculous, " Graves said. "They are our nation's history, the most serious oil spill caused by the clean-up to do the worst in our country 's history, we should sit idly by and let them continue ?
"The report states , BP launched a $ 1 billion " Let the Right " media campaign , aimed at improving their public image of the country , and take our own responsibility , in the Gulf , " Graves continued half.
" Just this week , BP had boldly suggests that they are not liable to pay any money up $ 1.7 billion reduction method , the Gulf Coast states , counties and parishes recovery and reconstruction court documents report , " Graves added . "They are serious negligence and misconduct without any restrictions ."
RESTORE Act , Congress passed last year , decided to offer " Clean Water Act " BP penalties paid for 80% of Louisiana, Mississippi , Alabama , Florida and Texas between . Not only will the money a large spread evenly between the Gulf countries , but the legislation is also to how their money is spent a certain amount of flexibility to decide .
Morrell said , BP " dragging its feet " on the Clean Water Act and natural resources damages " easy to ignore the law, through judicial and regulatory process to determine these amounts - BP theme - not recommended for their own political whim ."
Jindal said that in May , Louisiana will receive $ 3.2 million dollars $ 1 $ one hundred million , BP has invested another pot coastal restoration , but Graves said , it may be a few years ago in Louisiana money .
Council approved a plan to use 80% of BP's yet to determine the " Clean Water Act ," the fine to help restore the Gulf . U.S. Department of Commerce Minister Penny Pritzker said Wednesday they want to put money into restoration projects within 12 months .
Specific blueprint is short , because the state plan has not yet completed , BP fines lawsuit. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier will decide based on " Clean Water Act " and the 1990 "Oil Pollution Act , BP must pay much .
One way or another , will close down the Gulf Coast states , 54% of funding from the " Clean Water Act " fine - 67.5% share of the supervision by the Council .
U.S. access to 28% and 24% recovery , economic and tourism projects, they choose , but Gulf Coast Ecological Restoration Council can veto . Council itself will allocate an additional 24 percent of ecosystem restoration , the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will get 2 % of the monitoring , observation, science and technology programs .
The remaining 20% will go into a trust fund to pay for future oil spills .
 



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