Red tape keeps prized oil-fighting skimmers from Gulf, coastline

Superfreak said:
yeah... thanks... I found that after I asked... just found the quote from allen....
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Allen is only one portion of the "Joint Response" that the "joint information center" gets its information from. When you only have part of a story rather than the fuller picture you may have incomplete information.
 
Damocles said:
Allen is only one portion of the "Joint Response" that the "joint information center" gets its information from. When you only have part of a story rather than the fuller picture you may have incomplete information.
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Allen is the guy in charge of the whole shebang. He's the National Incident Commander. There is an obvious discrepancy between the information provided on Friday and the information contained in the article but whom is correct is not at all clear.
 
NigelTufnel said:
Sure:

http://www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/doc/2931/712211/
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so, Allen, on June 25 said
The Jones Act—we have had no request for Jones Act waivers.
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yet, on June 22
DALLAS, June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) sent a letter to Admiral Thad Allen today supporting Allegiance Capital's request for a waiver of the Jones Act. For more than two weeks, Fred McCallister, Vice President of the Dallas-based investment bank, has been requesting a waiver of the Jones Act in order to bring boats from Europe to U.S. waters to assist in the Gulf oil spill clean-up.


"Mr. McCallister's firm has obtained access to a fleet of foreign-flagged vessels which could be useful in the response to the Deepwater Horizon tragedy. I urge you to approve this request without delay," Sen. Cornyn's letter states.

Allegiance Capital has available 12 to 25 oil skimming vessels as well as several ships for boom deployment and the housing of volunteers and rescue workers. The Coast Guard-compliant ships are currently sitting idle
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http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/senator-john-cornyn-supports-allegiance-capitals-jones-act-waiver-request-96921199.html

so what do you think....is it possible someone isn't telling the truth?
 
oh my.....this looks like it may actually be contradictory evidence....
http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/143488.pdf

from the State Department...
as of June 23
Canada's offer of skimmers....under consideration
El Salvador's offer of skimmers.....under consideration
European Maritime Safety Organizations offer of skimmers.....under consideration
Sweden's offer of skimmers....under consideration
Turkey, Qatar, UAI.....under consideration....

I'm surprised Allen didn't know that on the 25th......
 
is this the real problem?
from the Maritime Cabotage Task Force (*cough* union)
A blanket waiver of the Jones Act, as opposed to a vessel-specific waiver (where no American vessel is available), would do away with that basic, common sense approach. It would effectively outsource to foreigners work that Americans legally should get and very much need, especially in this region and economy. A broad waiver eliminating any employment opportunities for American workers would be an odd and even cruel approach considering the economic devastation of the oil spill and related fishing and drilling restrictions on American fishermen, offshore supply vessel operators and others in the Gulf.
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http://www.maritime-executive.com/article/2010-6-24-facts-about-jones-act-and-gulf-oil-spill/
 
NigelTufnel said:
Allen is the guy in charge of the whole shebang. He's the National Incident Commander. There is an obvious discrepancy between the information provided on Friday and the information contained in the article but whom is correct is not at all clear.
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Yet he obviously didn't know, as the administration's joint informational center did, that six requests for Jones Act waivers have yet to be granted.
 
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