BP barred from new contracts with federal government
EPA cites "lack of business integrity"
In yet another repercussion of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has blocked BP from entering into any new contracts with the federal government.
The EPA says the temporary suspension, which affects BP Exploration and Production, Inc., BP PLC and named affiliated companies (BP), is due to BP’s “lack of business integrity as demonstrated by the company's conduct with regard to the Deepwater Horizon blowout, explosion, oil spill, and response, as reflected by the filing of a criminal information.”