The Environmental Protection Agency has “temporarily suspended” BP from new contracts with the federal government. The agency’s release:
EPA is taking this action due to BP’s lack of business integrity as demonstrated by the company’s conduct with regard to the Deepwater Horizon blowout, explosion, oil spill, and response, as reflected by the filing of a criminal information. On November 15, 2012, BP agreed to plead guilty to eleven counts of Misconduct or Neglect of Ship Officers, one count of Obstruction of Congress, one misdemeanor count of a violation of the Clean Water Act, and one misdemeanor count of a violation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, all arising from its conduct leading to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster that killed 11 people and caused the largest environmental disaster in U.S. history.
For the Deepwater Horizon investigation, EPA was designated as the lead agency for suspension and debarment actions. Federal executive branch agencies take these actions to ensure the integrity of Federal programs by conducting business only with responsible individuals or companies. Suspensions are a standard practice when a responsibility question is raised by action in a criminal case.
The BP suspension will temporarily prevent the company and the named affiliates from getting new federal government contracts, grants or other covered transactions until the company can provide sufficient evidence to EPA demonstrating that it meets Federal business standards. The suspension does not affect existing agreements BP may have with the government.
Two BP rig supervisors and a former BP executive pleaded not guilty Wednesday to criminal charges stemming from the deadly explosion.
Translation: Insufficient campaign donations were made to the donks by the BP brass.
BP has been pulling out of US operations for the last year, they saw this coming.
The business environment is better in Libya, in Russia.
Because Obama won, because of the political fallout, the Deepwater Horizon disaster is probably the biggest single business disaster, financially, ever.
And you can bet most of the money for damages will not go to the real victims on the Gulf Coast.
They denied MY claim…and I was in the flotilla that stopped the leaking well, and then got laid off from the Obamatorium.
The moratorium SHOULD have been against BP and BP alone
OTOH, this bar from contract awards is EXACTLY what needs to be done to BP for their poor management of the drilling.
When you take their money and cut off access to generating revenue, the culture will change.
Fascism. Case study.