Month After Oil Spill, Why Is BP Still In Charge?

The Deepwater Horizon rig is not in international waters. It is 48 miles from the Louisiana coast, and is in the US's outer continental shelf* and considered part of the internationally recognized continental shelf of the US.



*'Outer continental shelf' refers to all submerged lands, its subsoil, and seabed that belong to the United States and are lying seaward and outside of the states' jurisdiction.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Continental_Shelf
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