The settlement does not affect claims from the federal, state and local governments

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The settlement does not affect claims from the federal, state and local governments

Saul Loeb

File picture shows oil covered brown pelicans found off the Louisiana coast after the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in June, 2010. BP said it reached a $7.8 billion deal to settle claims from fishermen and other private claimants affected by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill ahead of the start of a major US trial.