http://www.nasdaq.com/article/officials-issue-notice-to-bp-transocean-over-deepwater-horizon-oil-sheen-20121010-01271

Oct 10, 2012

The Federal On-Scene Coordinator for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill issued a Notice of Federal Interest to BP PLC (BP) and Transocean Ltd. (RIG) this week due to an oil sheen in the spill area, a U.S. government statement said late Wednesday.

Coast Guard Capt. Duke Walker issued the notice Tuesday following sample results from an oil sheen near the area where the Deepwater Horizon drill rig exploded and sank more than two years ago, the statement from the government website restorethegulf.gov said.
It said the sheen, spotted on satellite images last month and reported by BP, doesn’t pose a risk to the shoreline.

The notice “effectively informs BP and Transocean that the Coast Guard matched the sheen samples to the Deepwater Horizon spill or sunken drilling debris and that either party or both may be held accountable for any cost associated with further assessments or operations related to this sheen,” the statement said.

Government statement:
http://www.restorethegulf.gov/release/2012/10/10/fosc-issues-notice-federal-interest-bp-and-transocean
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