EPA Oil Spill

Will the EPA along with BP be responsible for damage caused by the dispersants?
The EPA rules were blocking skimmer vessels BECAUSE OF 15 parts per million of oil.

The EPA under Obama's watchful eye and his chosen czar approves and monitors the dispersants injected into the oil in the water.

It is unknown if dispersed oil has toxic implications to the human population because bioaccumulation through the food chain has not been evaluated. (source http://www.epa.gov

EPA APPROVES DISPERSANTS USED BY BP TO DILUTE THE LEAKING OIL.
Surface dispersant used: more than 1.06 million gallons Subsea dispersant used: more than 612,000 gallons
Total dispersant counted up to and including July 3, 2010 - more than 1.67 million gallons
(source - http://www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/doc/2931/735575/

EPA continues to allow BP to use undersea dispersant. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson has made clear to BP that the federal government expects BP to remain within the limits allowed within the directive EPA directive to BP

Question - Given reports of dispersant toxicity, why would you even allow any application to continue?
EPA Answer - Dispersants are generally less harmful than the highly toxic oil leaking from the source and biodegrade in a much shorter time span. This is an important step to reduce the potential for damage from oil reaching fragile wetlands and coastal areas.

Question - Does the EPA make a determination on the toxicity of dispersants before they are approved?
EPA Answer - EPA requires toxicology tests and reports for all dispersants that are approved on the National Contingency Plan (NCP) Product Schedule, the authorized list of dispersants. All determinations regarding the specific application or use of a dispersant are made by the Federal On-Scene Coordinator in charge of the response. It is unknown if dispersed oil has toxic implications to the human population because bioaccumulation through the food chain has not been evaluated.

Question - What effects could the use of dispersants have on marine life?
EPA Answer - It’s important to understand that the use of dispersants is an environmental trade-off. We know dispersants are generally less toxic than the oils they breakdown. We know that surface use of dispersants decreases the environmental risks to shorelines and organisms at the surface and when used this way, dispersants breakdown over several days. However the long term effects on aquatic life are unknown, which is why EPA and the Coast Guard are requiring BP to implement a robust sampling and monitoring plan. The federal response is intended to ensure that these operations are constantly monitored for any short or long term adverse effects that may outweigh the benefit of using dispersants.

Question - How will we know the future and total effects on marine life of dispersant use?
EPA Answer - It is too early in the process to know what the scope of the natural resource damage will be. Look to federal partners such as NOAA and DOI for information on impacts to fish, shellfish, marine mammals, turtles, birds and other sensitive resources as well as their habitats, including wetlands, beaches, mudflats, bottom sediments, corals and the water column.

It is unknown if dispersed oil has toxic implications to the human population because bioaccumulation through the food chain has not been evaluated.
source EPA web site http://www.epa.gov/bpspill/dispersants.html http://www.epa.gov/bpspill/dispersants.html#effects2

JULY 3, 2010 - Day 75 of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Docked now in the Mississippi River, the world’s largest oil skimmer, the “A Whale”, is beginning to undergo EPA testing before it is permitted to assist in the BP oil spill. Under EPA guidelines, any water discharged back into the sea must only contain 15 parts per million of oil. If the “A Whale” does not pass this requirement, the owners may still apply for a waiver.

The oil skimmer “A Whale” is a converted cargo container vessel. It’s hull is 1,000 feet in length and the ship is nearly ten stories tall. She can process 500,000 barrels of oily water per day, nearly equal in capability to the entire 550 ship fleet of oil skimmers currently deployed in the Gulf! The ship was recently in Norfolk, Virginia, awaiting permission to sail to the oil spill scene.

The Jones Act of 1920 was one of the issues preventing the “A Whale” from participating sooner. The Act only allows American flagged ships with American crews to conduct commercial operations from one U.S. port to another U.S. port. Once the ship passes the EPA test, or gets a waiver from it as well, the Taiwanese flagged “A Whale” must also get an exemption from the Jones Act.

TMT, the company which owns the “A Whale”, ordered the vessel to Portugal the very day of the Deepwater Horizon explosion and fire. Engineers from Hyundai developed the plan to convert the cargo ship into an oil skimmer by the time it arrived at the shipyard in Portugal. Should the “A Whale” pass it’s tests and proves effective in helping to clean up the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, TMT will convert two more ships into oil skimmers, the “B Whale” and “C Whale”.

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EPA Oil spill skimmer vessels ocean water pollution - News

Will the EPA along with BP be responsible for damage caused by the dispersants? The EPA rules were blocking skimmer vessels BECAUSE OF 15 parts per million of oil.

Will the EPA along with BP be responsible for damage caused by the dispersants?
The EPA rules were blocking skimmer vessels BECAUSE OF 15 parts per million of oil.