Deepwater Horizon Panel On-Scene Coordinator ’ s Viewpoint
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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