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How much has government bureaucracy slowed the oil spill cleanup?

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Skimmers held up to count life jackets, berm construction delayed until permits are issued….on and on.

Yeah, we need more regulations right?

The spill never would have happened if we had proper regulation.

And the oil spill happened because….of that's right. Folks weren't going by the regulations. So its clear not going by regulations is the answer here.

I have followed this from the beginning it is a travesty as to how mishandled this from the start and still it.

Better question, how much are the green peace idiots responsible for this. "you can't drill on land or closer inland because it will disrupt the ecosystem."

Good Call idiots.

Are you related to Anthony?

Lack of regulations cause the spill, and you would be the first in line to complain if a ship sank and there were no life jackets

Two words:
Jones Act

Cleanup is pointless as long as 100,000 barrels of oil is leaking out everyday.

The real cleanup will not begin until after the leak is plugged, which will be around August.

So you don't think the workers have the right to work safely?

What makes you think that BP would be doing anything at all, if the government weren't after them?

Armchair quarterbacks don't impress me. things could always have been done better, but hindsight is 20/20.

I say send the navy in to nuke the well and send BP the bill.

How can you over look the fact the BP is still using chemical disbursement that spread the oil more rapidly on top and underneath the surface and blame the US Government; when BP lies don't even jive with Independent studies from scientist and engineers from around the world. BP in addition has its own security team preventing local and federal officials from sections of beaches to do clean-up. that when you might have point that the feds are exercising on behalf of the populous. but now we see the powerhouse plays of corporations and their far-reaching arm at play.

SLOWING?
How about they are doing just exactly what Obongo wants them too….NOTHINGGGG!
As of today, the world's largest oil skimmer just arrived ….a monster as long as 3 FOOTBALL FIELDS! 10 stories tall, and it's SITTING DOING AS OBAMA WANTS!
Waiting for the Feds to deside if it is "eviromentally safe"!
I DONT F***ING BELIEVE THIS SH…STUFF!

How about the D*** oil????
That is safe?

That's all big govt does is screw things up. Jindal's down there banging his head against federal BS since day one. Trying to build sand barriers? NOPE, not happening until your EPA environmental impact studies are done, send 'em in for approval, get your permits, then you get started. but WAIT here comes the 'fish & wildlife' people stopping you again because the dredging might disturb some little fishes, so now you got to haul your sand from 2 miles further out.
3 days into the event, 13 countries offer skimmers and other equipment. NOPE, got something like the 'Jones law' that keeps US sailors 'employed' by excluding foreign shipping in our waters. Until the great 0 finally waived that for a while.

It's looking like the final solution is to nuke the hole like the Russians did on a blown out gas well. businessinsider.com/how-a-nuk… but can you imagine the BS for another 6 months if you throw a nuke in the pot??

Apparently there's not much to do:

"…nearly two months after [Gov. Bobby Jindal] requested – and the Department of Defense approved the use of 6,000 Louisiana National Guard troops – only a fraction – 1,053 – have actually been deployed by Jindal to fight the spill… Alabama has deployed 432 troops of 3,000 available. even fewer have been deployed in Florida – 97 troops out of 2,500 – and Mississippi – 58 troops out of 6,000."

If Obama would have accepted help from other countries before it got so wide spread that would have certainly helped. Now we have a storm that is throwing it up on the beaches. the bureaucracy of all this is totally ridiculous.
For regulations……what do we need them for if the Government is not going to actually get off their duff and go see if the regulations are being carried out. after all Obama can mess up this country at lightning speed, why not keep his employees doing their jobs. Oh they must be union,forgot.
This is a case of not allowing a crisis to not go to waste. the bureaucracy should have been cut and the peoples hands not tied behind them when they wanted to start preparing for the worst.

Create a problem and then create a solution.when Obummer improves his golf game he will get right on the OIL GUSHER!

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How much has government bureaucracy slowed the oil spill cleanup?

Frederick resident involved in oil spill response – The Frederick News-Post Online

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BaiseyKia 250x250 jul2010 Frederick resident involved in oil spill response The Frederick News Post Online Joe Mullin has had a front-row seat to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico for the past four months, from his office in Virginia.

Mullin is the program manager of the oil spill response research program for the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, formerly the Minerals Management Agency.

Mullin, who has been in this job for 20 years, lives near Mount Pleasant. before going to work for BOEM, as his agency is called, he worked for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as a technical expert in physical oceanography.

Mullin’s job includes oversight of an oil spill response research test program. Results from that program are being applied to the oil spill response, Mullin wrote in an e-mail. Many of the containment booms and skimmers used in the response were tested at the agency’s test center Ohmsett, in Leonardo, N.J.

Another part of the test program involves an aerial sensor. This remotely maps the extent and thickness of an oil spill. This mapping and detection technology has also been used three times in California and in the Gulf.

The system acquires, processes and disseminates oil slick thickness maps compatible to the digital Geographic Information system. These maps are then transmitted directly to the command post to use in determining what resources should be used and where.

The test program showed that changing the surface pattern of the drum in the skimmers would improve efficiency of the oil cleanup process by more than 200 percent. Results from this research project were patented and there are at least six types of grooved skimmers being commercially sold around the world.

The agency has been conducting experiments to determine if burning could be a countermeasure for the Deepwater Horizon spill.

The test center has also conducted 15 research projects on the use of chemical dispersants. Ohmsett is the premier training site for oil spill response workers from state and federal agencies, private industry and foreign countries. Students use full-size equipment with real oil in varying oceanographic conditions.

BOEM’s national offshore office, where Mullin works, is in Herndon, Va. for security reasons, the entire interview was conducted by e-mail through the office of public affairs.

Mullin also is responsible for the analysis of the outer continental shelf oil and gas operations to ensure the best and safest technologies are used. He also advises on appropriate oil spill response equipment, techniques and methods.

Mullin, 58, moved to Frederick County in 1979. He is a graduate of the Florida Institute of Technology with a degree in oceanographic technology. He and his wife, Deborah, raised two daughters. Both graduated from Linganore High School.

His oldest daughter, Suzanne, is an aeronautical cartographer with the Federal Aviation Administration, and she is married to a pilot. his youngest daughter, Elizabeth, is pursuing her nursing degree while working part time in a physical therapy office. Elizabeth was the 2004 Maryland state girls outdoor pole vault champion. Both daughters live in Frederick.

Frederick resident involved in oil spill response – The Frederick News-Post Online

Most efficient oil spill clean up method ?

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out of skimmers, sorbents and dispersant which of these methods is the most efficient method to clean up an oil spill
factors that depend on efficiency are:
cost
impact on environment
amount of oil cleaned up
how quickly the oil was cleaned up

If the spill is on water it is contained by closely linked floats and then skimmed from the contained area.

Most efficient oil spill clean up method ?

Is Obama allowing foreign flagged vessal to aid in oil spill cleanup yet?

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Is Obama allowing foreign flagged vessal to aid in oil spill cleanup yet?

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If BO really cared, I mean really cared would we not be accepting help from skimmers regardless of what country the ship was flagged under. Not allowing a Saudi flagged (for example) vessel to help remove oil from the surface of the gulf. who or what does BO think he is protecting by not accepting this help?

BO said he would do everything possible to see that the cleanup was successful. Has he followed through with that promise or does he want to see the Gulf Coast disaster continue for his own political gains?

do you ever do your own Research? NO! you just watch fox,and listen to talk radio….you have inter net dude….use your goggle sometimes…..

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No, it'll take him 25 rounds of golf to decide if the EPA should hold it up longer or not, another 25 rounds to count all the life vests on the vessel and another 25 to count the fire extinguishers, another 25 to………well….you get the point!

They've been doing it for a long while. here is an answer I posted just yesterday.

usgovinfo.about.com/b/2010/06/15/…

"In a June 10 press conference, Adm. Allen noted that foreign ships are already helping with the cleanup. "But we are using them," he said. "We are dealing with folks like Norway, the Netherlands, Canada and other places.
Anyplace that's got skimming capability that's available, we're willing to talk to them, and we actually have, in some cases, actually transferred the equipment down and will continue to do that."

While he stated that if required, the Coast Guard would grant Jones Act waivers, Adm. Allen noted that "Nobody's come to me with a request."

That's as of two weeks ago.

Edit: OK let's try this again. usgovinfo.about.com/b/2010/06/15/… if it doesn't work this time, let me know.

I've (along with many others) wondered that also…refused 13 countries, including the Netherlands, who have tons of knowledge and equipment for this kind of thing. I'm sure it has something to do with his personal agenda…….always an agenda.

If you actually are interested in the answer to your question, or in the Gulf cleanup, try doing some actual research. Here's what you'll find [spoiler alert] if you do.

There is no law and never has been restricting the participation of foreign ships in the cleanup. The law in question only restricts foreign ships from engaging in certain forms of trade at US ports. There are no foreign ships that have been barred from assisting in controlling the spill, and in fact a significant number are participating.

If, however, you're only interested in being a blind sheep robotically repeating talking points fed to you by Fox News, without the least concern over whether what you say and believe is actually true, then go on just like this. You're doing fine.

From the nonpartisan website Factcheck.org…

Is it true that Obama blocked foreign help with cleaning up the Gulf oil spill because he refused to waive the Jones Act, which requires all boats to be American made and crewed by Americans to work in U.S. waters, even though it has been routinely waived for similar events?

Some critics have charged — falsely — that Obama’s refusal to waive the Jones Act has kept foreign vessels from assisting in cleanup efforts.
In reality, the Jones Act has yet to be an issue in the response efforts. The Deepwater Horizon response team reported in a June 15 press release that there are 15 foreign flagged ships currently participating in the oil spill cleanup. None of them needed a waiver because the Jones Act does not apply. The Jones Act is a trade and commerce law that was enacted in 1920 as part of a larger Marine Merchant Act. It requires all trade delivered between U.S. ports to be carried in U.S. flagged vessels constructed in the United States and owned by American citizens. The law states its purpose is to develop a merchant marine for national defense and commerce.
Why was the Jones Act waived as part of the Hurricane Katrina response, and why hasn’t it been waived now? Katrina inflicted massive infrastructure damage, which restricted the availability of key resources. According to the Deepwater Horizon response team: "a Jones Act waiver was granted during Hurricane Katrina due to the significant disruption in the production and transportation of petroleum and/or refined petroleum products in the region during that emergency and the impact this had on national defense." The Deepwater Horizon spill has yet to affect infrastructure or oil and gas availability; the damage is environmental, and foreign vessels are approved for delivering resources and conducting offshore skimming. although the Jones Act is currently not applicable, the federal government has taken steps to expedite the waiver process should the oil spill response require a Jones Act waiver for trade and commerce.
Also, contrary to reports such as the one on "Fox & Friends," international assistance has been accepted. to date, 25 countries and four international organizations have offered support in the form of skimming vessels, containment and fire boom, technical assistance and response solutions, among others. a chart provided by the State Department shows that as of June 23 five offers had been accepted and 50 were under consideration — including multiple offers from a single country or entity. one offer had been declined: France offered a chemical dispersant that is not approved for use in the United States.
Each offer must be compliant not only with the needs outlined by the Unified Command, but also with U.S. safety regulations. The Unified Command provided us with this statement and information:
Unified Command, June 22: those offers of international assistance that were not accepted, while greatly appreciated, did not meet the operational requirements of the Unified Command. these offers have not been declined because they may be needed in the future as response strategies change. some challenges in accepting these offers included:

* Equipment failed to meet US requirements/specifications (i.e. dispersant not on approved list/containment boom made of non-approved material)
* Contingencies placed on the offers proved logistically impracticable when compared to other sources.
* In one instance, the offering country’s export laws prohibited delivery of the assistance
* Contingencies placed on the offers made it difficult for the Unified Command to meet the contingency

Also, all offers, except for a few, come with a serious price tag. The associated Press compared these offers with recent aid that the U.S. gave to some of these countries. The AP reported:

associated Press, June 18: U.S. disaster aid is almost always free of charge; other nations expect the U.S. to pay for help.

"these offers are not typically offers of aid," said Lt. Erik Halvorson, a Coast Guard spokesman. "Normally, they are offers to sell resources to BP or the U.S. government."

Reports claiming that the federal government has refused help are not only incorrect — foreign assistance has been utilized — but are also misleading: purchasing resources and expertise is vastly different from accepting "foreign aid."

I know it's hard to tell if this fool cares or is just plain stupid he hides it so well doesn't he??? But asking for help is something he really isn't familiar with as he has never been in charge of anything before or has any experience in decision making but it was overheard he did reach out to the pirates in Somalia to see if they were busy and was considering offering cleanup jobs to the prisoners at gitmo as he knows they aren't doing anything but remember he has a lot on his plate and this oil spill just might be over his pay grade and he's been busy trying to find a job for Blago and the pervert Al Gore that's right all that and still has time to lose some golf balls// Wow Kenya believe that idiot is still the President??

Is Obama allowing foreign flagged vessal to aid in oil spill cleanup yet?