DEEPWATER HORIZON: OIL SPILL PREVENTION AND RESPONSE MEASURES, AND NATURAL RESOURCE IMPACTS (111–112) HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION May 19, 2010 Printed for the use of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure ( VerDate Aug 31 2005 13:20 Apr 08, 2011 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6011 Sfmt 6011 P:\DOCS\56561.TXT JEAN DEEPWATER HORIZON: OIL SPILL PREVENTION AND RESPONSE MEASURES, AND NATURAL RESOURCE IMPACTS VerDate Aug 31 2005 13:20 Apr 08, 2011 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6019 Sfmt 6019 P:\DOCS\56561.TXT JEAN DEEPWATER HORIZON: OIL SPILL PREVENTION AND RESPONSE MEASURES, AND NATURAL RESOURCE IMPACTS (111–112) HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION May 19, 2010 Printed for the use of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure ( U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 56–561 PDF WASHINGTON : 2010 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2104 Mail: Stop IDCC, Washington, DC 20402–0001 VerDate Aug 31 2005 13:20 Apr 08, 2011 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 P:\DOCS\56561.TXT JEAN COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE JAMES L. OBERSTAR, Minnesota, Chairman NICK J. RAHALL, II, West Virginia, Vice JOHN L. MICA, Florida Chair DON YOUNG, Alaska PETER A. DEFAZIO, Oregon THOMAS E. PETRI, Wisconsin JERRY F. COSTELLO, Illinois HOWARD COBLE, North Carolina ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, District of JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR., Tennessee Columbia VERNON J. EHLERS, Michigan JERROLD NADLER, New York FRANK A. LOBIONDO, New Jersey CORRINE BROWN, Florida JERRY MORAN, Kansas BOB FILNER, California GARY G. MILLER, California EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas HENRY E. BROWN, JR., South Carolina GENE TAYLOR, Mississippi TIMOTHY V. JOHNSON, Illinois ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland TODD RUSSELL PLATTS, Pennsylvania LEONARD L. BOSWELL, Iowa SAM GRAVES, Missouri TIM HOLDEN, Pennsylvania BILL SHUSTER, Pennsylvania BRIAN BAIRD, Washington JOHN BOOZMAN, Arkansas RICK LARSEN, Washington SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO, West Virginia MICHAEL E. CAPUANO, Massachusetts JIM GERLACH, Pennsylvania TIMOTHY H. BISHOP, New York MARIO DIAZ-BALART, Florida MICHAEL H. MICHAUD, Maine CHARLES W. DENT, Pennsylvania RUSS CARNAHAN, Missouri CONNIE MACK, Florida GRACE F. NAPOLITANO, California LYNN A WESTMORELAND, Georgia DANIEL LIPINSKI, Illinois JEAN SCHMIDT, Ohio MAZIE K. HIRONO, Hawaii CANDICE S. MILLER, Michigan JASON ALTMIRE, Pennsylvania MARY FALLIN, Oklahoma TIMOTHY J. WALZ, Minnesota VERN BUCHANAN, Florida HEATH SHULER, North Carolina BRETT GUTHRIE, Kentucky MICHAEL A. ARCURI, New York ANH ‘‘JOSEPH’’ CAO, Louisiana HARRY E. MITCHELL, Arizona AARON SCHOCK, Illinois CHRISTOPHER P. CARNEY, Pennsylvania PETE OLSON, Texas JOHN J. HALL, New York VACANCY STEVE KAGEN, Wisconsin STEVE COHEN, Tennessee LAURA A. RICHARDSON, California ALBIO SIRES, New Jersey DONNA F. EDWARDS, Maryland SOLOMON P. ORTIZ, Texas PHIL HARE, Illinois JOHN A. BOCCIERI, Ohio MARK H. SCHAUER, Michigan BETSY MARKEY, Colorado MICHAEL E. MCMAHON, New York THOMAS S. P. PERRIELLO, Virginia DINA TITUS, Nevada HARRY TEAGUE, New Mexico JOHN GARAMENDI, California HANK JOHNSON, Georgia (II) VerDate Aug 31 2005 13:20 Apr 08, 2011 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0486 Sfmt 0486 P:\DOCS\56561.TXT JEAN CONTENTS Page Summary of Subject Matter .................................................................................... v TESTIMONY Birnbaum, S. Elizabeth, Director, Minerals Management Service ...................... 74 Earle, Sylvia, Ph.D., Explorer-In-Residence, National Geographic Society, Washington, DC ................................................................................................... 74 Gerica, Pete, Gerica Seafood, New Orleans, Louisiana ........................................ 107 Jackson, Lisa P., Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency .................. 74 Kinner, Nancy E., Ph.D., Codirector, Coastal Response Research Center, Uni- versity of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire ..................................... 107 Lubchenco, Jane, Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, and NOAA Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- tion ........................................................................................................................ 74 McKay, Lamar, President, BP PLC ....................................................................... 12 Mitchelmore, Carys L., Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solo- mons, Maryland .................................................................................................... 107 Newman, Steven, President and Chief Executive Officer, Transocean Ltd. ....... 12 Salerno, RADM Brian, Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety, Security, and Stewardship, U.S. Coast Guard, accompanied by RADM Peter V. Neffenger, Deputy National Incident Commander for the Deepwater Hori- zon Oil Spill Response, U.S. Coast Guard ......................................................... 74 Schweiger, Larry, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Wildlife Federation, Reston, Virginia ............................................................................... 107 PREPARED STATEMENTS SUBMITTED BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS Capito, Hon. Shelley Moore, of West Virginia ....................................................... 126 Carnahan, Hon. Russ, of Missouri ......................................................................... 127 Cohen, Hon. Steve, of Tennessee ............................................................................ 128 Johnson, Hon. Eddie Bernice, of Texas .................................................................. 129 Larsen, Hon. Rick, of Washington .......................................................................... 142 Mitchell, Hon. Harry E., of Arizona ....................................................................... 146 Rahall, Hon. Nick J., III, of West Virginia ............................................................ 147 PREPARED STATEMENTS SUBMITTED BY WITNESSES Birnbaum, S. Elizabeth ........................................................................................... 155 Earle, Sylvia, Ph.D. ................................................................................................. 174 Gerica, Pete .............................................................................................................. 186 Jackson, Lisa P. ....................................................................................................... 187 Kinner, Nancy E., Ph.D. .......................................................................................... 199 Lubchenco, Jane ....................................................................................................... 215 McKay, Lamar ......................................................................................................... 229 Mitchelmore, Carys L. ............................................................................................. 237 Newman, Steven ...................................................................................................... 257 Salerno, RADM Brian and RADM Peter V. Neffenger ......................................... 267 Schweiger, Larry ...................................................................................................... 275 SUBMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD Jackson, Lisa P., Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, response to request for information from the Committee ................................................ 195 Lubchenco, Jane, Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, and NOAA Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- tion, response to request for information from the Committee ........................ 224 (III) VerDate Aug 31 2005 13:20 Apr 08, 2011 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 P:\DOCS\56561.TXT JEAN IV Page Napolitano, Grace F., a Representative in Congress from the State of Cali- fornia, letter from Professor Robert Bea of the University of California at Berkeley ............................................................................................................ 150 ADDITIONS TO THE RECORD International Association of Independent Tanker Owners (INTERTANKO), Dr. Peter M. Swift, Managing Director, written testimony .............................. 291 U.S. Travel Association, written testimony ........................................................... 296 VerDate Aug 31 2005 13:20 Apr 08, 2011 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 P:\DOCS\56561.TXT JEAN v VerDate Aug 31 2005 13:20 Apr 08, 2011 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6602 Sfmt 6602 P:\DOCS\56561.TXT JEAN Insert offset folio 1 here 56561.001 vi VerDate Aug 31 2005 13:20 Apr 08, 2011 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6602 Sfmt 6602 P:\DOCS\56561.TXT JEAN Insert offset folio 2 here 56561.002 vii VerDate Aug 31 2005 13:20 Apr 08, 2011 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6602 Sfmt 6602 P:\DOCS\56561.TXT JEAN Insert offset folio 3 here 56561.003 viii VerDate Aug 31 2005 13:20 Apr 08, 2011 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6602 Sfmt 6602 P:\DOCS\56561.TXT JEAN Insert offset folio 4 here 56561.004 ix VerDate Aug 31 2005 13:20 Apr 08, 2011 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm