Deepwater Horizon's Blowout Preventer Rusts While Lawyers Argue
If you ever wanted proof that about the worst news you could ever receive is "I'm a government lawyer and I'm here to help", it would be the picture of the Deepwater Horizon's blowout preventer (BOP) rusting in the warm moist oxidizing atmosphere outside the NASA facility in New Orleans. The Joint BOEM/USCG website shows it being towed to New Orleans on September 11th. On November 11th, the Wall Street Journal reported "The BP well's blowout preventer is lifted from the Gulf of Mexico in September. It's set for tests at a Louisiana dock, starting Monday."
A spokeswoman for the bureau said it had tried to cooperate with the safety board. She added that the team carefully crafted its investigative plan and test protocols "in consultation with the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation" to withstand "judicial scrutiny" if there are prosecutions. Don Holmstrom, chief investigator for the Chemical Safety Board, said such a focus on prosecution might be unwise. "Most accidents are not caused by individual acts but safety-system deficiencies," he said, so prosecuting individuals won't stop similar accidents.Mr. Holmstrom also said he believed other agencies were afraid his agency might reach different conclusions about the causes of the accident and what regulatory changes might be needed for offshore drilling.
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