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Plaquemines Parish Coastal Zone Director P.J. Hahn rescues a heavily oiled bird from the waters of Barataria Bay, which are laden with oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, in Barataria Bay, La., on June 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

BP urges judges to remove head of oil spill settlement fund

By Kevin McGill - Associated Press

In this April 21, 2010 file aerial photo taken in the Gulf of Mexico more than 50 miles southeast of Venice on Louisiana's tip, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig is seen burning. New research shows that the BP oil spill left an oily &#8220;bathub ring&#8221; on the seafloor that&#8217;s about the size of Rhode Island. The study by David Valentine, the chief scientist on the federal damage assessment research ships, estimates that about 10 million gallons of oil coagulated on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico around the damaged Deepwater Horizons oil rig. Valentine said the spill left even bigger deeper oil splotches besides the ring. The rig blew on April 20, 2010 and spewed 172 million gallons of oil into the Gulf through the summer. Scientists are still trying to figure where all the oil went and what it did to the Gulf. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

BP to call witnesses as it fights for lesser spill penalty

By Cain Burdeau - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 3, 2010, file photo, a bird is mired in oil on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast. Lawyers representing the federal government were in a New Orleans courtroom Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, outlining their case for adding some $13.7 billion in penalties to costs already incurred by BP after the 2010 Gulf oil spill. BP points to $42 billion in costs it already has incurred in arguing for a lower penalty. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Billions in federal penalties at issue in BP spill trial

By Kevin McGill - Associated Press

In this April 21, 2010 file aerial photo taken in the Gulf of Mexico more than 50 miles southeast of Venice on Louisiana's tip, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig is seen burning. New research shows that the BP oil spill left an oily &#8220;bathub ring&#8221; on the seafloor that&#8217;s about the size of Rhode Island. The study by David Valentine, the chief scientist on the federal damage assessment research ships, estimates that about 10 million gallons of oil coagulated on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico around the damaged Deepwater Horizons oil rig. Valentine said the spill left even bigger deeper oil splotches besides the ring. The rig blew on April 20, 2010 and spewed 172 million gallons of oil into the Gulf through the summer. Scientists are still trying to figure where all the oil went and what it did to the Gulf. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

BP hopes to lessen potential $13.7 billion spill penalty

By Kevin McGill - Associated Press

This image made from video released by British Petroleum (BP PLC), equipment is seen on the live feed from the Deepwater Horizon oil rig Tuesday, June 1, 2010. BP has turned to another temporary fix, an effort to saw through the pipe leaking the oil and cap it that could be tried as soon as Wednesday. (AP Photo/BP PLC)

Businesses won’t have to return BP spill payouts

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Judge: BP’s reckless conduct caused Gulf oil spill

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In this Wednesday, April 21, 2010, file photo, oil can be seen in the Gulf of Mexico, more than 50 miles southeast of Venice on Louisiana's tip, as a large plume of smoke rises from fires on BP's Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Appeals court won’t rehear BP settlement issue

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Claimant, lawyers must return $357,000 award

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Deadlines, meetings set ahead of Jan. BP trial

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Next phase of Gulf oil spill trial set for 2015

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Panel rules spill claims don’t need direct harm

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