BP has told the Environmental Protection Agency that it cannot find a safe, effective and available dispersant to use instead of Corexit, and will continue to use that chemical application to help break up the growing spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
BP was responding to an EPA directive Thursday that gave BP 24 hours to identify a less toxic alternative to Corexit -- and 72 hours to start using it -- or provide the Coast Guard and EPA with a "detailed description of the alternative dispersants investigated, and the reason they believe those products did not meet the required standards."
Yet again BP gets the final call on something that seems like it ought to fall under Federal jurisdiction. Interesting little system of government we've got working for us these days. Meanwhile Billy Nungesser and Bobby Jindal are still waiting for Corps approval to start dredging their (too late but what the hey) sand barrier. Is the Corps waiting for BP? Would anyone be surprised anymore?
The hierarchy at work here appears to be something like this.
I haven't checked. Is it too late to amend the Texas social studies textbook standards to include this information? Nevermind. It's probably in there already anyway.
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