>By Juliet Eilperin
>Washington Post Staff Writer
>Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Even as BP finished construction on one massive containment dome Monday and started drilling a relief well to cope with the oil leaking from crumpled pipes at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, lawmakers and Gulf Coast residents began questioning whether the company will take full responsibility for the economic losses stemming from the spill.

The incremental steps forward -- the company finished one four-story, 74-ton dome and hopes to complete two others on Tuesday -- came as company and Obama administration officials predicted it might take up to three months to seal off the spill threatening the Gulf Coast's sensitive ecosystem.

The prospect of an extended leak has intensified concerns over what compensation BP is willing to pay, since a law passed after the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill requires companies to pay for cleanup costs but no more than $75 million for other damage.

BP posted a fact sheet on its Web site saying it will take responsibility for the spill cleanup as well as provide compensation for "legitimate and objectively verifiable" claims for property damage, personal injury and commercial losses. On a day when the stock market rose sharply, the company's shares fell $1.96, or 3.8 percent, to close at $50.19. It was the third worst performing stock in the S&P 500.

More at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/03/AR2010050301669.html

>>	Anonymous 05/04/10(Tue)11:10 No.825539      File1272985855.jpg-(125 KB, 450x406, confederate ironclad.jpg) The south will rise again!

>>	Anonymous 05/04/10(Tue)11:13 No.825557 >>825510 Oil spiils are over rated. They actually fertilize the soil.

>>	Ned the Newshound !XBW.lrXjxw 05/04/10(Tue)11:16 No.825563 >>825557 Please, explain further.

>>	Anonymous 05/04/10(Tue)11:17 No.825566 >>825557 because beachheads are lush with flora right?

>>	Anonymous 05/04/10(Tue)11:19 No.825574 h t t p :// À + . k |m MÒ À . s E/

>>	Anonymous 05/04/10(Tue)11:22 No.825593 What's more, they help natural selection of sea life by culling the weak and sick which become food for the healthy and robust.

>>	Anonymous 05/04/10(Tue)11:23 No.825596 >>825566 Never been to the L.A. Coast IC.

>>	Anonymous 05/04/10(Tue)11:30 No.825625 >>825557 tell that to the fishermen that may not be able to harvest these waters for 10 years or more

>>	Anonymous 05/04/10(Tue)11:33 No.825638 >>825593 Everything dieing isn't "selection" of any kind.

>>	Anonymous 05/04/10(Tue)11:38 No.825665 >>825593 what the fuck am i reading

>>	Anonymous 05/04/10(Tue)11:39 No.825669 Fisherman are overrated as well. Like the sick sea life, the marginal fisherman (I know, not all are) will likley seek re-employment in another profession. It's just life.

>>	Anonymous 05/04/10(Tue)11:41 No.825681 >>825669 what the fuck are they gonna do? fishing IS the industry in that area. much of the older cats don't know what else to do, alot of them are just going to move to new orleans or some other bigger city and set off a homeless epidemic

>>	Anonymous 05/04/10(Tue)11:44 No.825702 >>825669 >people grow up doing one thing all their lives >HURR DURR JUST JUMP INTO ANOTHER PROFESSION

>>	Anonymous 05/04/10(Tue)11:50 No.825741 >>825681 WE drown them in a fountain of knowledge so they can WALK ON WATER!

>>	Anonymous 05/04/10(Tue)11:51 No.825749 >>825741 good luck dealing with the real world when you move out your parents' basement, kid

>>	Anonymous 05/04/10(Tue)12:07 No.825843 Oil spills aren't so bad I guess.