{"id":717,"date":"2010-05-23T17:45:18","date_gmt":"2010-05-23T17:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/2010\/05\/23\/bp-wont-use-hair-booms-for-deepwater-horizon-blowout\/"},"modified":"2010-05-23T17:50:12","modified_gmt":"2010-05-23T17:50:12","slug":"bp-wont-use-hair-booms-for-deepwater-horizon-blowout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/2010\/05\/23\/bp-wont-use-hair-booms-for-deepwater-horizon-blowout\/","title":{"rendered":"BP won’t use Hair Booms for Deepwater Horizon clean-up"},"content":{"rendered":"

….it appears they don’t know how to use it for absorbing oil from wetlands and for recovering oil off of beaches….
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http:\/\/www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com\/go\/doc\/2931\/558807\/<\/a><\/p>\n

DATE: May 21, 2010 20:02:10 CST
\nUnified Area Command announces it will not use hair boom in its Deepwater Horizon\/BP response efforts
\nKey contact numbers
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\nDeepwater Horizon Incident
\nJoint Information Center
\nPhone: (985) 902-5231
\n(985) 902-5240
\nROBERT, La. – The Unified Area Command for the Deepwater Horizon\/BP Response announces it will not use hair boom in its response efforts.<\/p>\n

While this suggestion was submitted to BP as an alternative method for containing and recovering the oil spill, it was not deemed feasible after a technical evaluation.<\/p>\n

In a February 2010 side-by-side field test conducted during an oil spill in Texas, commercial sorbent boom absorbed more oil and much less water than hair boom, making it the better operational choice.<\/p>\n

“Our priority when cleaning up an oil spill is to find the most efficient and expedient way to remove the oil from the affected area while causing no additional damage.\u00a0 One problem with the hair boom is that it became water-logged and sank within a short period of time,” said Charlie Henry, NOAA’s Scientific Support Coordinator in Robert, La.<\/p>\n

Commercial sorbent boom is readily available and scientifically designed and tested for oil containment and absorption on the water.\u00a0 Additionally, response teams are familiar with and properly trained to safely deploy, maintain, recover, and dispose commercial sorbent boom.<\/p>\n

Individuals and organizations are asked to discontinue the collection of hair for the hair boom.
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\nWe appreciate the overwhelming response from the American and Canadian people who want to help in the response to this spill.\u00a0 Please continue to send suggestions for alternate cleanup solutions.\u00a0 All proposals are reviewed by technical experts for their feasibility and proof of application.\u00a0 Among those recommendations submitted was the successful subsea dispersion process that is now helping break up oil before it reaches the surface.<\/p>\n

We encourage the public to continue volunteering to help with this response.\u00a0 People interested in volunteering can call 866-448-5816.
\nFor information about the response effort, visit www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

….it appears they don’t know how to use it for absorbing oil from wetlands and for recovering oil off of beaches…. http:\/\/www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com\/go\/doc\/2931\/558807\/ DATE: May 21, 2010 20:02:10 CST Unified Area Command announces it will not use hair boom in its Deepwater Horizon\/BP response efforts Key contact numbers \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Report oiled shoreline or request volunteer … Continue reading BP won’t use Hair Booms for Deepwater Horizon clean-up<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=717"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":719,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717\/revisions\/719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}