U.S. Announces Final Resolution Of Civil Claims Against BP For Gulf Oil Spill

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 05: U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack (R) is joined by (L-R) Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Paul Zukunft, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch and other Department of Justice officials during a news conference to announce the resolution of federal and state claims against BP for the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill at the Robert F. Kennedy building October 5, 2015 in Washington, DC. The April 2010 disaster killed 11 workers and spilled nearly 134 million gallon of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. According to settlements with the government, BP will pay about $17.5 billion in fines, penalties, natural restoration, economic and other claims over an 18-year period. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)