BP Hit With $69 Million Cleanup Bill

The AP reports that the U.S. government has handed BP a $69 million bill for the initial Gulf oil spill cleanup efforts.

The $69 million bill being sent to BP is the first of what are likely to be many bills sent to the oil company to cover expenses incurred by the government in responding to the spill, which has dumped at least 21 million gallons of oil into the Gulf, according to government estimates. A White House official said BP has until July 1 to pay the bill.

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