right now i and my job, the epa government estimate of costs are going to be accurate?hen was the last time that the government agency estimated and accurate cost of a program belmopan my company cannot afford that. -- program? my company cannot afford that. the increased cost to fuel will be devastating. it will cause layofff. problems not just at the pump, but as far as jobs. i wanted the president to address last night not taking advantage of a crisis for political means but saying that we have an issue in here is how i am going to fix it. here is why failed the do. the government turned down held at the very beginning from foreign countries. he should have said that was a mistake and that we would ttke help from anyone and we would get the thing flood. >> let's listen to a little bit about what the president has said regarding how his administration has responded. >> we have 40,000 personnel working across four states to clean up the oil. thousands of other ships and vessels are cleaning up the gulf. i have authorized the deployment of 17,000 national guard members

in my epa days, we finished over 1000 sites.ke to see the epa and states bear down on the other sites. they're getting $1.2 billion a year to help with that. i would like to see that money focused on finishing sites, not just to keep adding bureaucracy to the program. host: our guest is winston porter. he's the president of the waste policy center. you can get more at winporter.com. caller: good morning, sir. i have a question about the dispersants. you hear a lot about oil, oil du can see -- you can see. the dispersants are designed to break up that oil. there are very small droplets that are more difficult to see and fine. there is information coming out about the dispersants that showed them to be very harmful to the oceans and see life, and -- and sea life and plant life. has anything been looked into as far as what affect these dispersants could have on the environment and us as people? guest: dispersants are playing a really important role. it will be a positive role when everything is settled. they're trying to break up t

epa is monitoring the slick and the boats where the workers are that data has been given to epa. it has not been made public. to see with their monitoring fo3 >> it seems like the epa should assert their authority to make protective gear available to those involved in the cleenup. it waa their fault that they were out there having to clean that stuff up in the first place. >> questions, please? >> i would like to focus on the claims process for bp. they have repeatedly stated to this committee and the press that we will pay all legitimate when i missed the tour it was because i was in a monsoon and driving back last night i aw a sign on the side of the road that captures of the attitude of most people of the goals -- most people in the gulf towards bp right now, "dam bp, god bless america." feel aaout what is happening to them, their way of life, their family, and that is why this hearing is so important. when i talked to the folks down there thhy said they had not been out in weeks evvn though they were hired by the teeth. onn of the things i want to talk we heard that they had

epa continues to review it. that is where we are at. let me take one more. >> there was concern that once the pipe was sheared off, there would be an increase in the flow of oil. are you saying that, and is it near the 20% figure we have been hearing? >> will put that out later. he will try to get some information. the estimate from all our flow rate technology group is that they would estimate that if that were the case, that it could be up to 20% more. we do not know that that is the case. i will say this as one final comment. bp has done a couple of things that i think demonstrates good faith. number one is the number of video scenes. they are offering briefs on the operations going on. with that, we can go to the cost per >> operator, we're ready for questions from the phone -- with that, we can go to the calls. >> operator, we are ready for questions from the phone. >> the first question comes from baltimore. >> i have two questions. on the terminology, you called this top hat, but this is-with the smaller cap that has a seal on it

we will work closely with epa on this. we are committed to using as little disbursement as possible on the surface and to concentrate its subsea, where it is most effective, and to minimize the effect on the surface. we are approaching the 1 million gallon mark on that. we will continue to work with the closely as we move forward. we announced yesterday that we had approved the goals from the state of louisiana to add more segments on to the army corps of engineers. there were approved by the army corps of engineers as illegitimate means to deal with the oil spill to keep oil from getting in -- as a legitimate means to deal with the oil spill to keep oil from getting in to the marshes of louisiana. i spoke with governor jindal and will continue to work with them moving forward. as you know, the upper edge of the perimeter of the spill -- as i have said before, this is a collection of spills, not one monolithic spill. it is approaching mississippi, alabama, and florida, with some reported on the islands. we have moved a lar

we will work closely with epa on this. we are committed to using as little disbursement as possible on the surface and to concentrate its subsea, where it is most effective, and to minimize the effect on the surface. we are approaching the 1 million gallon mark on that. we will continue to work with the closely as we move forward. we announced yesterday that we had approved the goals from the state of louisiana to add more segments on to the army corps of engineers. there were approved by the army corps of engineers as illegitimate means to deal with the oil spill to keep oil from getting in -- as a legitimate means to deal with the oil spill to keep oil from getting in to the marshes of louisiana. i spoke with governor jindal and will continue to work with them moving forward. as you know, the upper edge of the perimeter of the spill -- as i have said before, this is a collection of spills, not one monolithic spill. it is approaching mississippi, alabama, and florida, with some reported on the islands. we have moved a lar

they give us a dispersant plan and the epa is aware of. we're trying to minimize dispersants on the surface, but we need to use -- we will be relying on burning and skimming around the well area. sand berms, at this point, the president made the decision last week in authorized 66 months -- we authorize six segments created by the army corps of engineers. the real issue right now is the availability of barges. a couple of barges are starting work right away. i believe the first place they will start working is around the chandelier islands because of his and source is close enough that they can get to work right away. west of the mississippi river, there will have to take the sand from offshore and actually deposited on the seabed and retransmited to make berms on the island and that the longer process. i talked to the corps of engineers about freeing up other projects to help. the state of louisiana is looking nationally at dredge capability and right now, it's a matter of finding the trench capacity to start doing some work. but ultimate

no matter what you think, the epa regional matter what you think the epa should do regarding the mine in logan county, projections for coal employment for the future or the -- are the same. coal will never employ 100,000 west virginians like it once did. i hope to have the chance to address with you some of these other ridiculous yet persistent myths during the question and answer portion of our time. there are many individuals on the ground to live with the -- who live with the daily consequences and the nuisance problems, as they are called, caused by mountaintop removal coal mining. two daughters of coal miners have been granted the goldman environmental prize for their grass-roots organizing and heroic efforts. there is another wonderful woman whose name i cannot think of right now who decided to get a college degree at a local community college when she was reached by a local grass-roots group that was teaching her how to go to her state legislators and lobby for her and her community's own best interest. her daughter graduated from high school the same time she graduated with he

we contacted the epa. -- i spoke with alan.t was $160 million to clean up this 59,000 gallon spill. we are talking into the billions of dollars for a potential cleanup costs, not to mention the loss of the very brazilian people in your state in the states along the coast. our sympathy goes out to them. this biomethod -- i don't want people contacting our company. we need people to contact their legislators to let them know this is an epa-certified -- the numbers b59 on the contingency plan list. we have paid our dues. we did the formalities of going through the process. . . we are ready to go and jump on this thing. we will take any assistance that we can get. we need to contact the people to get placement of an order for this technology. >> all website that our viewers and listeners can go to? >> bioworldusa.com. adbio.com >> thankkyou so much for your call. to las vegas. hey, rikki. -- ricky. >> in our middle people have been telling alicea not to drill these orwell's because this kind of thing could happen. they've wanted to

except a find out that the epa -- the epa is totally against any biological remediation. >> we have aot of oil expertise. maybe it is not offshore, on ways to clean it up. this is an unbelievable problem. and it is a tough situation. we should learn from it. so of their ways to clean it up, i will make sure that it will pass on to the correct authorities. let's go right over here. >> i'm going to bring up something that i brought up three years ago factor for the july meeting that you had and that is, if our government wants to be relevant, it is going to have defected doing just five things first and nothing appeared that is to establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty. if they do not do that, it will become irrelevant and it is that way already to a lot of people. my question is -- i am not seen much out of either party to indicate that they understand that. if they do not understand that, maybe we ought to let new people into our congress. >> i thank you for your opinion. i apprec

it is a shame that -- it is hard to implement policy emissions, epa regulations when everything is coming from the top down. we under estimate as consumers the ability for us to change how we buy from, what we buy -- who we buy from, and what we buy. the oil companies have tons of money. if we, write to them and the legislature, they have lobbyists that will go to washington for us. i am conservative. i am in an area where my environment, my responsibility as a consumer and what i can choose to purchase and choose to say to the companies that fail to make money -- are you seeing lobbying influence? guest: they are involved in every piece of legislation. it is basically because people's interest are affected by legislation, so you have interest groups and lobbyists that tried to advance or defend those interests. the consultation that senator bieber men and a republican senator from -- lieberman and the republican senator did extensive outreach from the public stakeholders, the coal industry, the u.s. chamber of to balance all of these competing interests and address something that was imp

to that end, epa has been doing air sampling. we are doing water sampling.do not want to rule anything out. he wants to keep public confidence moving forward. epa will continue to monitor. the protocols, certain conditions have to be met. we will continue to follow up on the. >> [inaudible] >> it is not the same one. that is a different containment device. this one is much smaller. and made the right of the top. -- one make it right over the top. i do not want to trivialize it. it is a difference between a garden hose with a rubber gasket or not. cap is the one with the tighter still. hat is not quite as sealed. it is not in it now. ap think of the insertion, that is what the devices are intended to do. there is an issue of simultaneous operation. a lot is being stage. there is a certain amount of density. it is not in right now. >> [inaudible] >> we are not talking about capping the oil anymore. we are talking about containing the well. there is a difference it recapping and being able to hold back until the relief well is completed. we are containing the w

they give us a dispersant plan an epa is aware of that. the federal coordinator is try to minimize it. for there may be times we use it but we need to use it injudicious quantities. we will be lying on burning and mechanical skimming in and around the well head. sand berms, at this point, the president made the decision last week, authorized six segments created by the corps of engineers. the state of louisiana is working with british petroleum. i'd think the real issue right now is availability of barges. there are a couple of barges starting to work right away. i can verify this for you, but i believe the first place is somewhere around chandelier islands. the sands source is close enough where they can get to work right away. when you go to the west of the mississippi river you have to take sand from offshore, actually deposit it on the seabed and retransmited to make the sand berms on the island and it is a much longer process. i spoke to the head of the corps of engineers about their ability to free up dredges from other projects to h

we contacted the epa. we had a tiny spill here in san francisco a few years ago. million to clean up this small oil spill. we are talking about billions and billions of dollars in potential cleanup costs, not to mention the cost for the brazilian people in your state and the states along the coast. our sympathies go out to them. this method, i don't want people contacting our company because we cannot handle all lot of phone calls. we need people to contact their congressmen and legislators and let them know this is an epa tested and certified. we have paid our dues. we have gone through the formalities of going through the process for that certification. we have done all d.c. tests. there is absolutely no down side -- we have done all the tests. there is no downside. we need to attack this oil to biodegrade it. we need to get that out there and get it cleaned up. it will do it safely and in a matter of weeks. we have a 30-day cleanup plan and a 100-day cleanup plan. we are ready to go and will take any assistance from your listeners to contact the people who will

i called the epa and they put my name in a database. tried to explain that i needed to speak to a person. no response i called homeland security. same thing, no response. i have a solution. i know how to stop the leak and control it. i need your office to give me a call at my home so i can explain procedures to totally stop the leak and control the fuel, the oil coming out of the ground. host: let me put you on hold. our producer will get on the line with you and pass off that information. congresswoman? guest: yes. we have had so many people calling in with ideas and solutions. we've tried to pass that information on to various departments, coast guard, epa, interior. all of them have to be checked out there are hundreds of thousands of suggestions. they will have to be checked out. >> caller: i'm calling from texas. thank you congresswoman for serving. one thing i am concerned about is toxiyity. none of the cleaners out there in photographs are wearing masks. i believe this oil spill is criminal. if i polluted the earth like they did,

the epa approves them for on shore facilities. there's very little exchange of plans or approvals among those three agencies. i was disappointed that there was no requirement for mms to share the plans with the coast guard, which is responsible for approving the vessel that's right over the well. shouldn't there be more coordination among those three agencies? shouldn't the plans be shared between the mms and the coast guard? >> the answer to that is, absolutely yes. that should happen. and there was, in fact, consultation. i don't know whether that happened. but the answer is yes, it should have happened. we're looking with both of the inspector general reports, relating to a drug scandal. and the most recent report off louisiana, we're taking a look at those issues. i al have asked the inspector general to take a look at whether or not the ethics initiatives we took have changed the culture. so i've asked her to look at what is happening with these issues between january of '09 and w. second all that is a chge that i have given

i talked to the epa at the time. i talked to so many people, brought it to bear. actually sent the many sheen to oil spills. i sent it to japan when they were experiencing an oil spill. i begged to put it on oil spills that were occurring but you -- there's a gigantic catch-22. you can't put your many sheen on an oil spill unless it's been approved and the people wouldn't approve it because it's not on an oil spill. the problem is that this is -- this is a highly technical -- it's really a pivot point for how we could fight oil spills in the 21st century. it's something we need to do now. it really needs to be wherever oil can come into contact with water. and the -- and short of that, we're not -- we're not being responsible to everybody else because, you know, this oil spill for as much as our heart is breaking, this oil spill is touching the shores of people faces we'll never meet around the precious gulf of mexico, our neighbors, the countries around the gulf of mexico wondering what happens to their way of life. >> larry: yeah. do you become here's that costn

former florida senator bob graham and former epa chief william riley will head the panel. >> i'm directing them to report back in six months with options for how we can prevent and mitigate the impact of any future spill that result from off-shore drilling. >> reporter: the president also discussed a separate investigation of possible criminal liability. to that end, u.s. attorney general eric holder was on the gulf coast today meeting with his state counterparts. >> we have already instructed all relevant parties to preserve any documents that may shed light on the facts surrounding this disaster. as our review expands in the days ahead, we will be meticulous. we will be comprehensive. and we will be aggressive. >> reporter: in towns all along the gulf coast even where the oil hasn't come ashore yet, people have been following raptly the news of the oil spill. this is the town named after the pirate jean lafeet who helped andrew jackson in the war of 1812. in this town some people are angry. some people are just resigned. but they're all deeply worried about their futures. while the feder

this is a story yesterday in "the new york times" quoting the epa administrator, and co-chair of thission to look at this. any moratorium would require the industry require safer drilling they wouldand that's be markedly strengthened. he said you cannot do that fast enough. look at the history of washington. a congressional hearing revealed the five major oil companies relied on an inadequate plan to+ respond to an offshore oil spill. guest: what is wrong according to the judge's opinion is that it is capricious in the sense that is not written the way his comments are written. they are not imposed on deepwater drilling in the gulf until they do those things. if you said we will have a moratorium until the major oil companies rewrite their recovery plans, i think it would rewrite them quickly. if they would impose this on bp, which i think was dealing with risky practices, i ask them a series of questions. they disapproved of the techniques that bp use. -- used. bp has been in engaged in a risky pattern of conduct for some time. other executives knew that but did not know what they co

he saithe epa has changed all e rules against microbiology. a professor says that nature will take care of this in time. these buds would take care of the hole clean up, and right now they desperately need it. i could not take care of it anymore, i do not have the supplies. i am just trying to find out if anyone is ting biological mediation. >> we have a lot of oil expertise working to clean it up. this is an unbelievable problem. i think, in a tough situati, we should learn from it. if youave ideas for how to clean it up, please prode them to me. i will make sure they get passed on to the coect a stories. -- the correct authorities. let's go over here. >> i will bring up something a product three years ago on the fourth of july. -- something i brought up three years ago on the fourth of july. if the government wants to get back to being relevant, it must ensure justice, promote the general warfare -- general welfare, d secure the blessings of liberty. i have not seen much of either party that indicates that they understand that. if they dnot

but it also includes representatives from the epa, the department of interior, and at mms. >> ultimately, who is paying for all of this? >> the responsible party behind this, bp, is financing this response effort at this time. >> so everything that is happening in this building is funded by bp. >> that is correct. >> and many people do you have here now? >> we have approximately 1000 people within the incident command structure working 24 hours a day, seven ddys a week. there is a 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. shift and there is a night shift. the night shift is useless when our planning and are detailed objectives settings are developed to enable the next ddy's shift to hit the ground running at 6:00 a.m. and -- at 6:00 a.m. [unintelligible] >> -- >> [unintelligible] >> we gather as many people who can spare a few moments to come man and, number one, we remind ourselves of the mission. then we breakdown into four3 first and foremost is to keep our people say it. everything we do has to be looked at through the lens of how do we keep people safe in what we ask them to do. second, we look at, at

it is treated with the epa guidelines. we looked at a couple of facilities to make sure we know how they're handling the oily waste. >> marshland oil, maybe things with reeds. >> anything with oil on it has to be disposed of in accordance with federal law. >> it is not a cost-effective -- not cost effective to even try to do that with the deposits? . . >> can you discuss the benefits of asking oil companies to drill simultaneously? would that help -- help in the current situation? >> i have not had that discussion. i think that would be a legitimate point to put in front of the commission. >> that would fall under the regulatory framework that the commission will evaluate in order to determine the best way to operate in of fail-safe atmosphere moving forward. thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> president obama says his administration is focusing on improving the claims process as it was affected by the oil spill. he spoke briefly wit

the epa released on the website what is in the stuff. if you go to aep and.gov/bpsil pill -- if you've got 500 pounds of that stuff on the ground, it is a superfund site. that stuff should not be coming up. i don't like the birds, either. i wish he would tell us he will stop any of the controlled burns that put all of the toxic smoke in the air. and with the dispersants, it forces a toxic cloud above ground that can come all the way where you are sittinn in washington journal. host: appreciate your comments. donald is standing by in detroit. thank you for waiting. what do you want to hear tonight? caller: i want to hear what he is going to do to stop the oil leak. it is an absolute catastrophe. not listening to the politicians on the other side, the right. because they are talking about keeping drilling and he wants to put a moratorium temporarily because you have an absolute catastrophe. it makes sense. they erred in not using cents, just playing politics. they want to drill right now. they are not worried about the jobs and the preside

except a find out that the epa -- the epa is totally against any biological remediation. >> we have a lot of oil expertise. maybe it is not offshore, on ways to clean it up. this is an unbelievable problem. and it is a tough situation. we should learn from it. so of their ways to clean it up, i will make sure that it will pass on to the correct authorities. let's go right over here. >> i'm going to bring up something that i brought up three years ago factor for the july meeting that you had and that is, if our government wants to be relevant, it is going to have defected doing just five things first and nothing appeared that is to establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty. if they do not do that, it will become irrelevant and it is that way already to a lot of people. my question is -- i am not seen much out of either party to indicate that they understand that. if they do not understand that, maybe we ought to let new people into our congress. >> i thank you for your opinion. i appr

caller: yesterday's senate vote, 47-53, the epa basically was able to overrun what i consider to be thef the congress here. this is starting to look like a big marriage to hear and the american people are starting to lose. the we are starting to lose our representation. i just wanted to make that point. host: charles, if you could wake up in on the vote yesterday -- if you could weigh in on the vote yesterday allowing the epa to go forward with emissions. guest: what we have advocated is new legislation that sets up the right system to do that. host: congress should be doing it. guest: congress should think about what the needs are now, not going through this legal process. i support the decision that has been made. i think there's a better way to do it. host: you're talking about overall energy legislation. what they're working on right now, proposals by various senators. what did you hear about yesterday, about the time frame for passing? guest: what we have heard over and over again is this is an extremely active time and people are working very hard to find the right combination. gi

he said the epa has changed all the rules against microbiology. a professor says that nature will take care of this in time. these buds would take care of the hole clean up, and right now they desperately need it. i could not take care of it anymore, i do not have the supplies. i am just trying to find out if anyone is trying biological mediation. >> we have a lot of oil expertise working to clean it up. this is an unbelievable problem. i think, in a tough situation, we should learn from it. if you have ideas for how to clean it up, please provide them to me. i will make sure they get passed on to the correct a stories. -- the correct authorities. let's go over here. >> i will bring up something a product three years ago on the fourth of july. -- something i brought up three years ago on the fourth of july. if the government wants to get back to being relevant, it must ensure justice, promote the general warfare -- general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty. i have not seen much of either party that indicates that they understand that. i

whether it is the co2 regulations by epa and the congress punting or abdicating their responsibility and giving it to unelected judges and to unelected bureaucrats rather than handling their own constitutional responsibility, or this cap-and-trade scheme, they are in effect economic unilateral disarmament. all of this is supposed to exchange-- change the temperature of the earth 40 years are now by a fraction of 1 degree. i'm glad you laughed at it. they can't predict the weather 10 days out accurately much less 40 years but all of these burdens will be put onto team america and no other country is going to impose it on their citizens. china is not going to do it, and he is not going to do it, indonesia, russia brazil, no country is going to impose it so that is why economic unilateral disarmament. as i write my book, what washington can learn from the world of sports, in the days of ronald reagan who is my hero and i have pictures of ronald reagan when he was governor and came to practices and that is what got me interested in politics. here is a great governor. he knows what is imp

unified command is made up of those three princcpal parties, but it also includes represent us from the epa, the department of interior, the bureau of land management added as a relevant makeup of that unified effort. >> who is paying for all this? >> the responsible party in this case, in this case bp, is financing this ressonse effort at this point in time >> financed by bp? is happening is- >> that is correct. >> and many people do ou have here? >> we have approximately 1000 people operating 24 hours a day and seven days a week. you have a day shift and a night shift for the day shift is made up of significantly larger numbers. the night shift is when our planning and are detailed objective-setting is develop to enabbe next day's shipped to hit the ground running at 6:00 a.m. >> do you talk to all these >> each morning and again at night time, we gather as many people who can spare a few moments together to come in. we remind ourselves of the mission. that message we break it down into four simple tasks per first and foremost is to keep our people say. everything we do need to be looked

many of these are being le b -- led by epa, noaa, department of homeland security, and the departmentthe interior. there have been calls to share information about this water and air quality sampling to be able to share information in real time fashion with the american public, with stakeholders in the region, non-government organizations, others who are interested, in an effort to continue to keep people price of what is happening. efforts are also underway to assess any and all potential impacts to human health. these are being coordinated by the national institute for occupational safety and health, and the food and drug administration, all working with different aspects of how humans might be impacted by this oil spill. finally, on the dispersant research front, at the end of last week in baton rouge, university of new hampshire, noaa, epa, and the coast guard conducted research on the the use of nist% oil in the gulf, with over 50 experts -- the use of dispersants oil and the gulf, with ovee 50 experts, on the larger volume of dispersants in it the deep water effort. tomorrow, ju

we contacted the epa. -- i spoke with alan.t was $160 million to clean up this 59,000 gallon spill. we are talking into the billions of dollars for a potential cleanup costs, not to mention thloss of the very brazilian people in your state in the states along the coast. our sympathy goes out to them. this biomethod -- i don't want people contacting our company. we need people to contact their legislators to let them know this is an epa-certified -- the nuers b59 on the contingency plan list. we have paid our dues. we did the formalities of going through the process. . it is several miles outside the coast. clean of the existing wetlands about trampling all over them. get them out there. get them cleaned up again they will do it safely come in a matter of weeks. we have a 30 a cleanup plan and a 100 a clean up plan. we are ready to jump on this thing. we will take any assistance we can get. to get placement of an order for this technology. > all website that our viewers and listeners can go to? >> bioworldusa.com. adbio.com >> t

of the coast guard, noaa, homeland security, epa finish but the scale and is asking it is unlike any from we have known. ultimately, this is a bp's fault. they will have to bear the ultimate responsibility. like i said before, taxpayers have put up a lot of resources through our agencies, everything they are doing. it should not compound of the federal treasury. it rightfully belongs at the feet of bp. we can always do better. i think all agencies can do a lot better. i think they are on task now but the scale of this catastrophe is simply unprecedented. host: teho on the republican line -- theo on the republican line. caller: as a human being, a christian, i think we should love each other, follow the golden rule. all of this faultfinding for bp, hanging them help to dry, everyone uses the oil and we are all responsible. let's get past blaming and plug up that hole. personally, i cannot understand why instead of capturing the oil, we just say that it is no good anymore and plug it up. get a 50-ton piece of steel and drive it in there with an explosion and seal that hole up and then

you couldake up in on the vote yesterday -- if you could weigh in on the vote yesterday allowing the epad with emissions. guest: wh we have advoted is new legislation that sets up the right system to do that. ost: congress should be doing it. guest: congress should think about whatthe needs are now, not going through this legal process. i support the decision th has been me. i think there's a bett way to do it. host: you're talking about ovl energy legislation. whathey're working on right ow, proposals by various senators. what did you hear about yesterday, about the time frame for passing? guest: what we have heard over and over again is this is an extremy active time and people arworking very hard to fd the right comti >> next week, president obama will make a two-day visit to the gulf coast where he will tour recovery efforts in mississippi and alabama. tuesday, the heads of the largest oil companies testifies on u.s. energy policy. there before the move house energy subcommittee on the environment. the white house has invited bp executives to meet with the president on wednesday. bp

it is not just university scientist data, we also have an epa evidence of these plumes that was prepared using bp's data. 17 red dots show that your own data shows evidence of these plumes. are you prepared, once and for all, to concede that there are plumes deep beneath the surface of the ocean? yes or no? >> s i understand, it indicates that there are very low concentrations distributed through the column. the analysis that has been conducted in three locations around his bill shows that one location has 0.5 parts to 1 million, clearly attributed to this bill. >> are there plumes deep beneath the ocean surface? >> there are small amounts. some is related to this bill, other amounts are related to other oil. >> so, you do not define those as plumes? >> i am not a scientist. >> i will take that as a continuing a note from you, and your test -- as a continuing "no" from you, and your testimony continues to be at odds with all science. bp has been asked for a roster of all workers multiple times. bp has failed to give that information, information that is critical to tracking chemical expo

command is made up of those three principal parties, but it also includes representatives from the epa, the department of interior, m.s., and -- mms, and it depends on the incident command unified structure. >> [unintelligible] >> the responsible party, in this case bp, is financing this effort. >> everything that is happening in this building is financed by vp? by bp? >> yes. we have 1000 people with a day shift working from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and a night shift. the day shift is made up of significantly larger numbers. the night shift is when the planning and the detailed objectives are developed to enable the day shift to hit the ground running. >> what happens at those meetings? >> each morning and at night time, we actually gather as many people who can spare a few moments together to come in and, number one, remind ourselves of the mission. and that message, we break it down into four simple tasks. first and foremost is to keep our people safe. everything we do needs to be looked at through the lens of whato keep people safe in we ask them to do. second, the source, how can we

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the coast guard admiral and epa and administrator are among those with whom he met. this is about 25 minutes. >> right now, we are having problems. it was coming off of the mouth of the mississippi and through these passes that are coming through the inner waters right here. we were having trouble pulling assets from the eastern side of the mississippi to the western side. it was too late of a response in order to get all this done at that time. now, thankfully, they have deployed people in this area. the response is substantially better. it is done substantially better. the manpower and assets deployed, that has gone significantly better over the last two or three weeks. >> what were the effects of it being slow in the first couple of weeks? >> the response was way too slow. we saw some oil coming into our parish one day, and it was the next day that anyone responded to look at it. they didn't have the assets or people to actually do the response, if we see one and they send skimmers and other teams in order to actually make certain that we are being protected -- we

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the deputy administrator of the epa describe the deepwater horizon spill as a massive and potentially unprecedented environmental disaster. i will not turn to my second point, the oil pollution act established a polluter pay system that places the primary liability on the responsible party. under this system, the responsible party assumes a to a specified limit the burden of paying for spill costs, which can include removal costs and damage claims. the responsible party is no longer financially liable above the limit. the fund established to pay above this limit or potentially all cost that the responsible party cannot be identified. moving on to my final point. implications of major oil spills for the trust fund. to date the fund has been able to cover the costs not paid for by responsible parties, but the future liability may be a risk. in particular, the fund is at risk from claims that significantly exceed responsible party liability limit. we reported in 2007 that the current liability limits for certain vessel types are disproportionately low relative to costs associated with su

we know that we would spenn more of the $75 million liability cap established by the epa. april 25 we had in place a 24- hour per day, seven days a week call center. clements can receive information at one offour 31 claim offices. spanish and vietnamese are available in several offices we have also established an online system. more than 30,000 claims have been filed. to linger over $57 million. we are committed to ensuring that the claims process is efficient and fair, ooking for guidance from established laws and regulations provided by the u.s. coast guard, which has over 20 years in experience.3 bppis supporting volunteer efforts in preparation for shoreline cleanup and working closely with state and local bp is operating 25 community outreach centers across the gulf coast and in the parishes of louisiana. bp is under no illusions about the seriousness of the situation that we face. the world is watching and we know that we will be judged by our response to this crisis. i can assure you that my colleagues and i are committed to insuring that we do the right thing. in t

in recent testimony, the epa deputy administration described the deepwater horizon spell as a massive and unprecedented environmental disaster. i will enter into my second point. the oil pollution act established a polluter pay system that poses the primary burden of liability on the cost of oil spills on the responsibility -- the responsible party. the responsible party assumes up to a specified limit the burden of paying for spill costs which can include damage claims. above the specified limit, the responsible party is no longer financially liable. the fund was established to pay the cost above this lemon or potentially all cost if are responsible party does not pay or cannot be identified. dupont was financed primarily from a tax on petroleum products. but the gun to my final point. implications of major oil spills for the trust fund. today, the fund has been able to cover the cost not paid for by the responsible parties but the fund's future liability may be at risk. in particular, the fund is at risk from claims that significantly exceed responsible party liability limits. we re

you have an epa that decided it is going to run roughshod over everyone. as far as energy is concerned, you are all talking about clean energy. we have to wonder and 50 million boats, motorcycles, etc., and they'll run on oil. we are going to be stuck with oil for at least 20 to 25 years. host: quick question, what kind of business do you run? caller: i have had four different companies at one time. producing low molecular mass solvents used as the britons and anti-corrosive is. -- used as a lubricants and anti-corrosives. guest: it is a key part of the midterm election debate, is this administration's policy hostile to robust free economic growth? there are people having nice philosophical discussions that will say nothing bad about the president personally, will not say anything derogatory about his leadership, but will ask the question -- are these policies helping the economy get out of the pit it has been in? is it encouraging businesses to grow? is it encouraging robust job growth? there is a strong sector of that country, and particularly the busine

i forward them to the coast guard and the epa to talk to those folks. >> who is paying for all this? is the taxpayer paying or is bp paying? >> i am under the impression that bp will pick up the final bill. that are monitoring us and they are cooperating and giving us anything that we want. i understand that eventually those involved with the oil spill will be paying the full amount. >> can you tell me a little bit of your history with this kind of work? >> in the past year, we have done things such as the inauguration. we have ice storms in kentucky and ice storms in north dakota. haiti was our most recent disaster that we responded to. this ecological disaster is probably the largest in the past 100 years that has affected the coast. >> how long have you done this kind of work? >> my first one was in 1981. since then, 29 years of doing disasters and teaching at emory university for about a decade and then i'd trade with the cdc. >> thank you. >> robert mcdowell talked about reclassifying of broadband services. that is tonight on the communicators on c-span2. this debate was held on

. >> the epa is here as well to supervise protocols and how they are handling this person. the we also have the wildlife and fisheries service here to tell you about what they are doing and how they are clean birds. and kurt hansen, he is here to collect your ideas. if you have an idea, we absolutely want to hear it. we hope this will be an educational opportunity, an informant -- and informal opportunity for you all to learn something here tonight. we think this will be good for all of us. i just want to say something. i was here during katrina and i saw and helped rescue 33,000 people and i saw how tough that was on new and our id mess up -- how tough that was on you and how it messed up your way of life. let me tell you something. this is about your way of life and i am back in louisiana to fight for you and to fight for your way of life. thank you very much. [applause] >> a sandy beach is an easier area to clean up then, for example, a marsh. you try to pick up the area -- the oil so that it will not refloat into the area. >> what if a hurricane comes in and there is al

the epa and hhs and the cdc say that they can't see any metal whole of the facts. but the examination certainly found out what the sulfur-type gases do is it curves every medal in the house so you go into one of these houses and all the air conditioning coils are corroded. they have to be replaced. every piece of metal in the house is corroded. and as a result, the values have just plummeted and here is the poor homeowner. the bank won't work with them on their mortgage, the insurance company says we don't know you. they go to the home builder and the home builder has gone bankrupt and here is the poor homeowner living in a house that is not livable, and they can't sell it because the value has plummeted. now there is a courageous federal judge in new orleans that has issued two or thr rulings and the question is not whether or not these companies are reliable, the question is what is the damage and what he has basically said is the only way you could limit the situation is to strip it down to the studs in the walls, everett felt all of thewiring and the pipes and

coast guard, epa, in addition to coordination, these plans govern the interaction between federal, state, local, and private sector entities. it is critical there is clarity of responsibility and a clear understanding of roles that each level of government. i intend to ask the federal, state, local, and private sector witnesses to assess the effectiveness. bp's efforts to stop the flow of oil through top kill and junk shots failed. they are collecting several thousand barrels of oil a day. these are positive developments but little comfort to gulf coast residents who are forced to watch the shoreline turn black and brown from oil inundation. one of the most important questions we asked today is how do you intend o clean p this heavily inundated area and how much progress has been made in the cleanup to date? bp has committed ittelf to payinn individuals harmed by this bill. i mentioned over 78,000 of fishing water is under limits. the seafood industry produces over $2 billion yearly. americans will have to rely on a claim by bp to put food on the table or the mortgage. the hardest questi

the epa avoids them because of the cost. it is no surprise that the chemical industry wants to avoid paying for these things because they cost millions of dollars that are passed on to the american taxpayer. the worst part about the current oil spill is that bp is literally sitting on millions of acres of block 20 that they had never drilled in, which is of dollars. host: why is it costing the taxpayer? caller: they track the drilling permits out west. you can see that there are literally millions of acres of leases and often a company will purchase them and sell the profits. it is all speculation. the purchase oil leases the inset on them. what the government should do, they should require that if in one year, it does not belong to bp, it belongs to us. we are losing billions of dollars every year in royalties. if you are going to produce toxic chemicals, you have got to pay for the cost to get it cleaned up. one reason the department of energy is completely exempt from superfund sites, we are spending billions of dollars t

i have up on the screen as well from epa's website a substantive plume detected using bp's data. there are 17 red dots indicating that your own data shows evidence of subsurface plumes. this is your data, mr. hayward. are you know, once and for all, prepared to say there are plumes or clouds of oil suspended deep beneath the surface of the ocean? yes or no, mr. hayward? >> as i understand the data, it indicates that there is oil in very low concentrations at 0.5 points per million distributed through the water. the detailed analysis noaa has conducted in three locations around the spill show that in one location there is 0.5 parts per million clearly attributed to the spill. >> are there plumes of oil beneath the ocean's surface? >> there are concentrations of oil of about 0.5 parts per million in the water column. some of it is related to this bill. other samples have been typed to other oil. >> you do not define that as a plum? >> -- you do not define that as a plume? >> i am not an oceanographic scientist. >> i will take that as a continuing no from you. your testimony content