The bill,which now goes to the Senate, would remove a $75 million limit on liability for oil spill damages and put a new tax on the industry to fund nationwide conservation projects.
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Cleanup crews could easily trample the vegetation in trying to removetheoil.
As a prelude to permanently shutting down the well, crews are trying to withdraw drill pipe hanging below the bottom of the blowout preventer and remove it from the well, so they can then removethe capping stack that's kept oil from leaking since July 15 and replace the old blowout preventer with a new one.