ORDER AND REASONS MARY ANN VIAL LEMMON, District Judge. The United States of America's Motion for Partial Summary Judgment to Recover its Removal Costs (Doc. # 204) is GRANTED. I. BACKGROUND On January 20, 2007, the M/V CATHY M. SETTOON, while pushing a barge, struck a well owned and operated by ExPert Oil & Gas, LLC ("ExPert"), in Bayou Perot in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. The allision caused extensive damage to the wellhead and resulted in an uncontrolled spray of crude oil into...
