He refused.Lincoln believed that starting an investigation would be like lighting a barrel of gunpowder.
VOA: special.2009.10.29
The Administration proposes to increase the tax that oil companies pay to finance the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund from 8 cents per barrel (per 42 gallons) to 9 cents per barrelstarting this year.
This increase in the oil spill liability tax moves forward a planned increase in 2017 of 1 cent per barrel, and sets a tax of 10 cents per barrelstarting in 2017 to make sure that there is long-term oil industry financing for the Trust Fund.