Gulf Coast Leaders Want BP to Clean Up Its Mess
Susan Buchanan
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Posted 10.28.2012
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Regional leaders at a Gulf Coast Restoration Summit said they're relieved that Congress passed the RESTORE Act in June. But they're unsure when money from RESTORE, which devotes 80 percent of BP's Clean Water Act fines for the 2010 spill to Gulf states, will be available.
