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Deepwater Horizon PanelOn-Scene Coordinator’s Viewpoint

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Background

Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (MODU) Deepwater Horizon (DWH)• Dynamically positioned, semi-submersible drilling

unit located 45 miles SE of Venice, LA

Day 1-April 20th

• D8 Command Centers notified of fire/explosion on MODU DWH approx 10:00 pm

• Initiated SAR efforts

• Firefighting efforts coordinated by MODU IAW Firefighting Plan

• Established incident command post

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5 States Effected

Oil Containment Boom/Skimmers◦ 3.1 million ft◦ 835 skimmers◦ How much is enough?

45 Miles Offshore

Area of the spill

Depth: 5000 FT

Overlapping Issues◦ Oil containment and recovery◦ Hurricane Season◦ Wildlife◦ Fishery Management◦ Tourism

Subsea Oil Monitoring Plan

Sheer Scope and Complexity of the Spill

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Unified Area Command (UAC)USCG – RADM Watson BOEM – L. HerbstBP – Doug Suttles State of LA – Dwight BradshawState of FL – M. Drew (Remote) TOI – Larry McMahan State of AL − J. Hagood (Remote) MS –Larry Murphree (Remote)

Deputy Area Commander

USCG – RDML Nash BP – Bob Fryar USCG – CAPT Maguire

Incident: Deepwater Horizon Period 83: 12 July 0600 - 1800

Unified Incident Command (Galveston, TX)

Unified Incident Command(Mobile, AL)

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Key Agency RepresentativesDOI − Lori Faeth

DOC − TBDEPA – Sam Coleman

NICNRT

RRT

National Policy/Legal/Environmental/Economic Issues

Alignment & Consultation

Unified Incident Command(Houma, LA)

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Safety of Responders

On-Shore Zone

In-shore zone: Inland WatersNear-shore zone: Baseline-3nmOffshore zone: 3nm- within 5nm of sourceWell site: 5nm circle around source

Well Site

Subsea

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Primary Safety Concerns to Public

• Seafood Safety

• Dispersants

• Beach Contamination (i.e. air monitoring and SSRB exposure)

• Mental Health

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Reaching the end points of response, incremental work, done by integrated shoreline cleanup assessment teams.

Capture Lessons Learned and Identify potential Areas for improvement.

Review the National Contingency Plan and National Response Framework to identify National-level issues to enhance public’s expectation for a coordinated, “whole of government” response to Incidents of National Significance

Transition from response to recovery

Moving Forward

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Thank You