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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced Tuesday afternoon that a criminal investigation into who is responsible for the BP oil spill has been under way for several weeks.
Holder, who made his remarks at a news conference in New Orleans, said investigators are considering both civil and criminal charges in the disaster. FBI agents, as well as members of civil branches of the Justice Department, have been in Louisiana since shortly after the spill, gathering evidence and requesting documents, he said.
Feds conducting criminal, civil probe of oil spill, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says | NOLA.com
A wide of possible violations of law are being considered, Holder said. He noted that civil penalties could arise under the Clean Water Act, the Oil Pollution Act and the Endangered Species Act.
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