The U.S. Department of Justice asked a federal judge on Tuesday to approve the $20 billion Deepwater Horizon settlement reached with BP last year.
In a statement, the DOJ said it asked the federal court in New Orleans to approve a proposed settlement reached in October 2015 to settle the government’s civil claim under the Clean Water Act and natural resources damage claims under the Oil Pollution Act.
U.S. District Court Judge Carl Barbier upheld a ruling in November 2014 that found BP guilty of “gross negligence” leading up to the Deepwater Horizon accident.
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