Jindal: $340M more from BP for Gulf restoration

Published April 30, 2013 10:56pm ET



LAFITTE, La. (AP) — BP PLC has agreed to pay $340 million to restore four of the barrier islands that act as hurricane buffers for Louisiana’s mainland and create two fish research hatcheries in the state, Gov. Bobby Jindal said Tuesday.

The money is part of $1 billion the oil giant agreed two years ago to pay for early restoration work after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

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