NP - BP Spill Plan (before the spill)

[David Morris]

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From: David Morris <dmorris at wisznia.com>
Date: Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 9:19 AM
Subject: BP Spill Plan (before the spill)
To: Jane Morris <jmorris at katzgallagher.com>
Cc: fqmorris at gmail.com


http://www.boingboing.net/2010/06/04/bps-spill-plan-leaks.html



Karen Dalton Beninato at neworleans.com writes,

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.



The three big takeaways, excerpted from Beninato's blog post:



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

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.

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."