No. There's been a lot of excuses. Early on, the oyster beds, for instance, it's a three or four-year process. They came in and said, 'OK, we're going to make it right; we're going to pay you for four years.' Then they turned around and said, 'Well, the oysters were damaged by fresh water, from the diversions.' They said, 'It wasn't really the oil. So we're not going to pay you.'
Nungesser expresses frustration over BP's lack of accountability and transparency regarding claims for damages to the oyster beds.
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We want to know everything. We want to know where is the money. We want to know why they're dragging their feet on the cleanup and why they're not giving us the assets they promised to leave here.
It's been one lie after another. And the long-term effects of that oil out there, we don't know.
If they would have worked 24-7 on the cleanup, we would have seen most of the area cleaned up and bank stabilization in place. We're losing land every day because of the lack of the response.
It's the single largest coastal restoration project in the history of America. It was permanent in 19 days without cutting any hurdles.
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