BP: Oil spill damage claims from states are overstated

UPDATED 7:27 AM EST, February 6, 2013
BP took fault with the total $34 billion in damages filed from state and local governments for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, saying the claims, based on the Oil Pollution Act, are overstated, Reuters reports.
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