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Rick Kriseman’s BP settlement plan tabled until something’s done about sewage problems

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St. Pete City Council will not be immediately voting on Mayor Rick Kriseman’s plan to spend $6.5 million awarded the city through a settlement with BP on a variety of projects. During a Public Services and Infrastructure Committee meeting Thursday morning, council voted to put off allocating the funds. At issue is the raw sewage dump in August that continues to haunt Kriseman. In response to an overburdened system during what the city describes as a 100-year rain event, the…

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Darden Rice takes to Facebook to defend BP settlement plan

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St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman has at least one ally on City Council when it comes to his plan to use $6.5 million awarded as a result of the BP oil spill lawsuit. In addition to flanking Kriseman at the press conference Wednesday announcing his plan, Darden Rice took to Facebook in support of the anticipated appropriations. “Putting aside some BP settlement money for fixing sewer pipes is totally reasonable and the right thing to do. But not all of…

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From the Times: Cities’ BP payouts are far less than asked for, but that’s OK

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Both Tampa and St. Pete asked for the same amount of money from a BP oil settlement to cover estimated losses as a result of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill. Tampa is getting a little less than half of the $60 million it petitioned for while St. Pete is getting just $8 million. And city leaders signed off on that. In Sunday’s paper, Tampa Bay Times reporter Tony Marrero explained why. Specific calculations are unknown and city attorneys can’t explain…

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$18.7B deal clears path for BP to close books on Gulf spill

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Trying to close the books on the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, BP agreed Thursday to provide billions of dollars in new money to five Gulf Coast states in a deal the company said would bring its full obligations to an estimated $53.8 billion. Federal and state government officials touted the record-breaking $18.7 billion agreement as a historic milestone in the Gulf Coast’s recovery. The Deepwater Horizon disaster killed 11 rig workers and spewed millions of gallons of…

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How Florida, Gulf Coast states will divide BP oil spill settlement

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Most of the $18.7 billion proposed settlement that BP reached over its 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill would go to five Gulf Coast states, if the deal is approved by a judge. A portion of the settlement is not assigned to any particular state. Here’s how the state-specific money breaks down, with payments to states being made over nearly two decades: ALABAMA Alabama would receive $2.3 billion. Gov. Robert Bentley said the settlement would steer $1.3 billion for coastal…

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Kathy Castor: BP settlement ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ opportunity for economic recovery

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Florida, the federal government and other Gulf Coast states announced an agreement on Thursday with oil producer BP to resolve years of legal claims over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The historic resolution, tentatively set at $18.7 billion, will be the largest environmental settlement ever. Payments, to be split among Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida and Texas, is in addition to $28 billion BP already spent on clean-up response, remediation and compensation. Florida’s share of the deal could be over…

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DEP and FWC respond to record BP settlement, applauds Gulf Coast recovery progress

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BP has agreed to pay a record $18.732 billion to resolve claims by five Gulf States of violating the Clean Water Act, harming natural resources, and other economic damages from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. As a part of the agreement announced Thursday, Florida will receive at least $3.25 billion. The overall deal has BP on the hook for more than $3 billion above the $43.8 billion initially set aside for dealing with the worst offshore spill in U.S.…

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