The government has decided to wave its magic wand and grunt "Make it so."
The federal government has given BP until the end of the weekend to find ways to speed up efforts to contain huge amounts of oil gushing from a ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico, according to a letter released Saturday, as large globs of brown crude coated Alabama's white sand beaches.Coast Guard Rear Adm. James A. Watson sent a letter to BP officials on Friday expressing frustration with the overall pace of the effort and ordered the company to identify ways to expedite the process in the coming says.
Could it be in connection with this?
The letter and deadline comes just before President Barack Obama is set to visit the Gulf Coast on Monday and Tuesday.
Meanwhile, dithering by BP and the feds continues. If the Coast Guard was serious, they'd be doing more than sending demand letters with a copy to the press.
Auburn, Maine, company Packgen has miles of oil spill containment boom on hand and has the capacity to produce upwards of 100,000 additional feet of boom a day. That inventory and that capacity has been available to help the Gulf Coast states for nearly a month.... [A]ccording to Packgen, boom manufactured in Auburn, Maine, on Monday can be onsite at the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday.Posted by Alan at June 12, 2010 01:35 PM