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Lawyer & Attorney ReferralsAttorney General Eric Holder Announces Investigation into the Deepwater Horizon Drilling Rig Gulf Coast Oil Spill
Posted By James J. Periconi, Esq. on June 5, 2010
James Periconi describes the kinds of environmental criminal charges that Attorney General Holder’s investigation may result in, for example, release of pollutants dangerous to the environment (Clean Water Act), and the negligent if not knowing endangerment of the lives of the workers aboard the Deepwater Horizon rig that led to the deaths of 11 workers.
He also discusses the application of the federal Crime Victims Rights Act of 2004 to these environmental crimes, and the impact of BP’s past environmental crimes conviction in 2008 by plea, including three years probation (for the explosion at the Texas City refinery) that may increase the likelihood of indictment of BP for the Gulf oil disaster.
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James J. Periconi, Esq.
James Periconi’s practice focuses almost equally on commercial property transaction counseling, on environmental regulatory matters in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), and on environmental litigation in the federal and state courts. A former Chief of Solid and Hazardous Waste Enforcement for the State DEC and an Assistant New York Attorney General prosecuting civil and criminal environmental cases, he has in private practice since 1989 had substantial experience representing defendants in governmental actions brought for remediation of Superfund and other contaminated sites, and for prosecution and defense of private cost recovery actions for such sites.
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