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06/05/2010 09:01 AM
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Report Copyright Violation | ***BUSTED*** BP's spill plan: they knew where it would go, that ecology would never recover, "No toxicity studies" on dispersants ***THEY KNEW THE MOST FRAGILE AREAS IN ADVANCE AND YET DID NOTHING TO PROTECT THEM. IT'S ALL A SCAM!!!***
"Make it right" my ass!!!! [ link to www.neworleans.com] [ link to www.neworleans.com] NEW ORLEANS | I have obtained a copy of the almost-600-page BP Regional Oil Spill Response Plan for the Gulf of Mexico as of June, 2009, thanks to an insider. Some material has been redacted, but these are the three main takeaways from an initial read. The name of the well has been redacted, but if it's not Deepwater Horizon, then there's another rig still out there pumping oil and aimed at Plaquemines Parish.
1) In the worst case discharge scenario (on chart below), an oil leak was expected to come ashore with highest probability in Plaquemines Parish within 30 days (see map above from the Advance Response Plan). This makes it clear that BP could have stored adequate boom there before a rig failure like the Deepwater Horizon, and workers could have been mobilized to apply the boom in the 30 days that the response plan predicted oil would hit our wetlands.
2) Spokespersons were advised never to assure the public that an ecosystem would be back to normal after the worst case scenario, which we are now living through. "No statements shall be made concerning any of the following: promises that property, ecology, or anything else will be restored to normal." Even in BP CEO Tony Hayward's new television commercial his assurance is an ambiguous, "We will make this right," which does not specifically address preserving or restoring America's Wetlands.
3) Corexit oil dispersant toxicity has not been tested on ecosystems, according to the Oil Spill Response Plan. "Ecotoxilogical effects: No toxicity studies have been conducted on this product." It is contradictory that the question and answer section discusses the choice of a dispersant with: "Have environmental tradeoffs of dispersant use indicated that use should be considered? Note: This is one of the more difficult questions" and "Has the overflight to assure that endangered species are not in the application area been conducted?" Brown pelicans and sea turtles would have been the answer to the latter.
When it comes to Corexit, it is allowed in the Green Zone, not in the Red Zone without a waiver, and the Yellow Zone is a maybe. Yellow "includes any waters designated as marine reserves, National Marine Sanctuaries, National or State Wildlife Refugees or proposed or designated critical habitats; the waters are within three miles of a shoreline and/or fall under state jurisdiction; the waters are less than ten meters deep; and the waters are in mangrove or coastal wetland ecosystems or directly over coral reefs which are less than ten meters of water. Coastal wetlands include submerged algal and sea grass beds." |
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06/05/2010 11:06 AM
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06/07/2010 08:44 AM
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: ***BUSTED*** BP's spill plan: they knew where it would go, that ecology would never recover, "No toxicity studies" on dispersants THis is getting coverage in the MSM this morning... |
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06/07/2010 09:14 AM
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: ***BUSTED*** BP's spill plan: they knew where it would go, that ecology would never recover, "No toxicity studies" on dispersants Worth reading. Please PIN. I Support Our First Responders |
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: ***BUSTED*** BP's spill plan: they knew where it would go, that ecology would never recover, "No toxicity studies" on dispersants Worth reading.
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Quoting: goodmockingbirdYep. A PDF of their own pre spill assessment. Which they did not use to mitigate damage to the coastal wetlands. |
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06/07/2010 09:16 AM
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Yep.
A PDF of their own pre spill assessment. Which they did not use to mitigate damage to the coastal wetlands.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 995360Proof of LIHOP. |
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06/07/2010 05:32 PM
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06/07/2010 05:38 PM
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: ***BUSTED*** BP's spill plan: they knew where it would go, that ecology would never recover, "No toxicity studies" on dispersants omg..
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: ***BUSTED*** BP's spill plan: they knew where it would go, that ecology would never recover, "No toxicity studies" on dispersants MSM Talking about this today... |
