SCHRIEVER — Gov. Bobby Jindal announced Wednesday the completion of nine detailed transition plans for 11 coastal parishes recovering from the BP oil spill, raised concerns about the claims process and called on the oil company to pay for a $173 million seafood testing and marketing plan.
“We’ve been extremely frustrated by BP’s lack of a positive response to the state’s proposal,” Jindal said. “They spent $93 million on advertisements over the last few months. We’re not even asking them to spend $93 million per quarter over the next five years.”
Each parish will be consulted as BP carries out its transition of people and equipment from cleanup to recovery in the Gulf of Mexico, Jindal said during a news conference with coastal parish presidents at the BP command center in Schriever.
Jindal spoke after the meeting with parish presidents, BP officials, Coast Guard Adm. Paul Zukunft, who is overseeing the spill response along the Gulf Coast, and Ken Feinberg, the private administrator of the $20 billion claims fund.
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