The local authorities said if that was the case, it needed to be made clear to contractors.
Contracts with companies who worked onsite were found to be insufficiently clear, with contractors unsure of lines of responsibly.
"Today's ruling makes clear that contractors will be held accountable for their actions under the law," BP said in a statement.
After the wreckage is cleared, a contractor will remove the soil that was contaminated with chlorine and diesel oil from the locomotives, Mr. Berry said.
"Since 2002, (U.S. government) organizations have been targeted with social-engineering online attacks" which succeeded in "gaining access to hundreds of (U.S. government) and cleared defense contractor systems," the cable said.
As we grew and defined our core values — singling out accountability as our top priority — it became clear that these contractors did not meet our newly defined standards.
A military report into the Abu Ghraib case - parts of which were made available to the Guardian - makes it clear that private contractors were supervising interrogations in the prison, which was notorious for torture and executions under Saddam Hussein.
A critical 2002 memo, for example, included key sections that adopted an expansive view of presidential authority, added only after the CIA unsuccessfully pressed others in the Justice Department for clear signals that contractors would not be prosecuted for their role in interrogations of al-Qaeda suspects within months of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
It's not clear how often contractors accused of such thefts also have a criminal record, though sources within the industry say people with checkered pasts are drawn to the work, which often requires little training or special skills.
"The board and the managing agent can make it clear to the contractor and the upstairs shareholder that the contractor will not be allowed to do any more work in the building until the downstairs shareholder's apartment is repaired," he said.
