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TODAY: Administrator Lisa P. Jackson to Testify on Oil Spill Prevention and Response

Release date: 05/19/2010

Contact Information: EPA Press Office press@epa.gov


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
May 19, 2010

WASHINGTON – Today, Wednesday, May 19, 2010, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson will testify before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on the recent BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Administrator Jackson will be joined by NOAA Administrator Dr. Jane Lubchenco, Minerals Management Service Director S. Elizabeth Birnbaum, and RADML Brian Salerno, Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety, Security and Stewardship.

Hearing details:

WHO: Administrator Lisa P. Jackson

WHAT: Testifying before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

WHEN: 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, May 19

WHERE: 2167 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C.

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1. Belinda Smith lindismith

BP does not want us to know #oilspill flow. EPA please take charge now. Oceans belong to people, not BP. #BPhearing. @EPAnews about 2 hours ago via Twitterrific
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Markey: This is BP's spill, but it's America's ocean. #BPhearing #oilpocalypse about 10 hours ago via TweetDeck
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Zilch coming of #BPhearing that we don't already know. BP controls the info, under protection by the Coast Guard. about 10 hours ago via Power Twitter
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UMCES scientist Carys Mitchelmore testifying about dispersants & gulf oil spill at House T&I #BPhearing Watch live http://bit.ly/9ImRaO about 11 hours ago via Twitterrific
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6. Vail Geek vailgeek

I think it is screwed up that the best source of info our senators have is a goddamn 60min segment! #BPhearing about 12 hours ago via TweetDeck
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BooYah! Rep. Peter DeFazio (D) from Oregon is the man! Take that #BP!!!! #BPhearing about 12 hours ago via TweetDeck
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8. Michael Mechanic MichaelMechanic

MoJo's @kate_sheppard live-tweeting #BPhearing; Markey: "BP thinks this is their ocean, so they should be able to control the information." about 12 hours ago via web
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9. Vail Geek vailgeek

Listening to the #BPhearing in the background while I work... I wish I could find a way to live my life fossil fuel free. /cry about 13 hours ago via TweetDeck
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10. Green News Report GreenNewsReport

EPA's Jackson: We are working with manufacturers and BP to bring less toxic chemical dispersants to response site @ the other #BPhearing about 13 hours ago via web
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11. Suzanne Goldenberg suzyji

Markey tells 4 scientists on panel they should all be in Gulf looking at flow rate, and impacts of #oilspill #BPhearing about 13 hours ago via web
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12. Suzanne Goldenberg suzyji

Muller-Kagar: Even if we cap the oil leak now, there will be a huge clean-up needed. #oilspill #BPhearing about 13 hours ago via web
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13. Kate Sheppard kate_sheppard

Muller-Karger: "Based on the size of the plume and the dispersants being injected at the bottom … this is a very large problem." #BPhearing about 13 hours ago via web

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BP does not want us to know #oilspill flow. EPA please take charge now. Oceans belong to people, not BP. #BPhearing. @EPAnews about 2 hours ago via Twitterrific
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2. Brad Johnson climatebrad

BP is releasing the live feed to globalwarming.house.gov within hours #BPhearing #oilpocalypse about 10 hours ago via TweetDeck
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Markey: This is BP's spill, but it's America's ocean. #BPhearing #oilpocalypse about 10 hours ago via TweetDeck
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4. David Myers dmyersloyola

Zilch coming of #BPhearing that we don't already know. BP controls the info, under protection by the Coast Guard. about 10 hours ago via Power Twitter
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5. UMCES UMCES

UMCES scientist Carys Mitchelmore testifying about dispersants & gulf oil spill at House T&I #BPhearing Watch live http://bit.ly/9ImRaO about 11 hours ago via Twitterrific
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6. Vail Geek vailgeek

I think it is screwed up that the best source of info our senators have is a goddamn 60min segment! #BPhearing about 12 hours ago via TweetDeck
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BooYah! Rep. Peter DeFazio (D) from Oregon is the man! Take that #BP!!!! #BPhearing about 12 hours ago via TweetDeck
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8. Michael Mechanic MichaelMechanic

MoJo's @kate_sheppard live-tweeting #BPhearing; Markey: "BP thinks this is their ocean, so they should be able to control the information." about 12 hours ago via web
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9. Vail Geek vailgeek

Listening to the #BPhearing in the background while I work... I wish I could find a way to live my life fossil fuel free. /cry about 13 hours ago via TweetDeck
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10. Green News Report GreenNewsReport

EPA's Jackson: We are working with manufacturers and BP to bring less toxic chemical dispersants to response site @ the other #BPhearing about 13 hours ago via web
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11. Suzanne Goldenberg suzyji

Markey tells 4 scientists on panel they should all be in Gulf looking at flow rate, and impacts of #oilspill #BPhearing about 13 hours ago via web
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12. Suzanne Goldenberg suzyji

Muller-Kagar: Even if we cap the oil leak now, there will be a huge clean-up needed. #oilspill #BPhearing about 13 hours ago via web
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13. Kate Sheppard kate_sheppard

Muller-Karger: "Based on the size of the plume and the dispersants being injected at the bottom … this is a very large problem." #BPhearing about 13 hours ago via web
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14. Geoff Livingston geoffliving

It seems like @BP_America claim to 5k barrels a day in the oil spill is the biggest PR lie of the year so far. #BPhearing about 13 hours ago via Seesmic
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15. RLMiller RL_Miller

#BPHearing Expert: "no chance" that BP's 5k barrels/day is correct. #oilpocalypse #p2 about 13 hours ago via web
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16. Kate Sheppard kate_sheppard

Markey: "The media keeps using 5,000 barrels per day, when you’re saying scientifically that that can’t possibly be the number." #BPhearing about 13 hours ago via web
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17. Suzanne Goldenberg suzyji

Werely: Doesn't see any scenario under which BP estimate of spill @ 5,000 barrels a day could be accurate #oilspill #BPhearing about 13 hours ago via web
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18. Suzanne Goldenberg suzyji

Camilli of Woods Hole: There are sensors that can detect carbon volume in plumes and on sea floor. #oilspill #BPhearing about 13 hours ago via web
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19. Suzanne Goldenberg suzyji

Muller-Kagar: Loop current can move oil much farther, much faster than anyone would expect. #oilspill #BPhearing about 13 hours ago via web
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#BPHearing experts at E&C hearing won't speculate re whether holes will get bigger, release more oil. Lawyer-self approves. #oilpocalypse about 13 hours ago via web
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21. Suzanne Goldenberg suzyji

Muller-Kagar: Dispersants a great unknown. Cd be benzene, kerosene. May hurt fish larvae, may impact a year of fishing #oilspill #BPhearing about 20 hours ago via web
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22. Kate Sheppard kate_sheppard

Camilli: oil that doesn't hit surface will "end up either in the water column or settling out and ending up on the sea floor." #BPhearing about 20 hours ago via web
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23. Kate Sheppard kate_sheppard

Richard Camilli, Woods Hole: "the injection of dispersants are likely to really change the transport characteristics of the oil" #BPhearing about 20 hours ago via web
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24. Suzanne Goldenberg suzyji

Camilli: Knowing flow rate is essential. "Basically, it's like balancing a cheque book." #oilspill #BPhearing about 20 hours ago via web
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25. Kate Sheppard kate_sheppard

Wereley: If estimate of flow is wrong, "methods to stop the flow may not work." #BPhearing about 20 hours ago via web
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27. Suzanne Goldenberg suzyji

Rep Welch of Vermont asks panel if knowing rate of leak would help in trying to stop flow. All 4 say yes #oilspill #BPhearing about 20 hours ago via web
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29. Kate Sheppard kate_sheppard

Muller-Karger, oceanographer U of South Florida: dispersant use at volume/depth is "an experiment in nature we have never done." #BPhearing about 21 hours ago via web
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30. Jenna maysgg71

Sylvia Earle (Nat Geo Explorer in Residency & Oceanographer/frmr chief scientist NOAA): "I come to speak for the oceans."#BPHearing #p2 about 21 hours ago via TweetDeck
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31. Kate Sheppard kate_sheppard

Markey points out if there was a spill/leak from on-land source, responders would be demanding accurate accounting of release. #BPhearing about 21 hours ago via web
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32. Paulo Drummond ptdrumm

de @kate_sheppard Markey: "BP thinks this is their ocean, so they should be able to control the information." #BPhearing about 21 hours ago via Seesmic
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33. Kate Sheppard kate_sheppard

Markey: "BP thinks this is their ocean, so they should be able to control the information." #BPhearing about 21 hours ago via web
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34. Kate Sheppard kate_sheppard

Wereley says that in order to make better estimates of spill size, need uncompressed, longer videos of spill site. #BPhearing about 21 hours ago via web
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35. Suzanne Goldenberg suzyji

Werely: Having accurate flow rate is essential to knowing what will work to stop the leak #oilspill #BPhearing about 21 hours ago via web
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36. Michael Noble NobleFreshEnerg

See hashtag #BPhearing for live-tweets from Rep. Markey hearing on #oilspill from @suzyji @kate_sheppard and @RL_Miller. about 21 hours ago via TweetDeck
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37. Blessingstoyou Blessingstoyou

Following #BpHearing in process livestream feed @suzyji @kate_sheppard reporting... about 21 hours ago via web
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38. Suzanne Goldenberg suzyji

Markey: "BP, I think, thinks this is their ocean so they can control information about the spill." #oilspill #BPhearing about 21 hours ago via web
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39. Suzanne Goldenberg suzyji

Ed Markey says he has asked BP and Coast Guard to make live video of leak public #oilspill #BPhearing about 21 hours ago via web
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40. Suzanne Goldenberg suzyji

BP has set up flow rate review group, but Camilli and Nasa scientists not asked #oilspill