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How Will it Affect NEPA Analyses of Uncertain Effects The Gulf Oil Spill Presented by: Alan Waltner CLE International NEPA Conference January 20, 2011 (San Francisco) February 10, 2011 (Los Angeles)
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The MMS Leasing, Exploration and Development Process
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NEPA’s Treatment of Uncertainty
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What is an Emergency?   ,[object Object],[object Object]
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Conclusions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Contact Information Alan Waltner Law Offices of Alan Waltner 415-641-4641 [email_address] www.waltnerlaw.com

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  1. 100421-G-XXXXL- 003 - Deepwater Horizon fire NEW ORLEANS - Fire boat response crews battle the blazing remnants of the off shore oil rig Deepwater Horizon April 21, 2010. A Coast Guard MH-65C dolphin rescue helicopter and crew document the fire aboard the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon, while searching for survivors April 21, 2010. Multiple Coast Guard helicopters, planes and cutters responded to rescue the Deepwater Horizon's 126 person crew. (U.S. Coast Guard photo) Background - 100506-N-6436W-085 100506-N-6436W-085 MOBILE, ALABAMA (May 6, 2010) Aerial images of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill taken from a US Coast Guard HC-144 aircraft. The flight was conducted primarily for media support and to plot the locations of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. US Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist First Class Michael B. Watkins
  2. 100707-G-2184A-134-Pelican release ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Brown pelicans are released at Fort De Soto Park near St. Petersburg July 7, 2010, after arriving at Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Fla., on an HC-144A Ocean Sentry airplane. In total, 32 brown pelicans were rescued after being found oiled near Louisiana's coast, and were then rehabilitated at Fort Jackson, La., before being released in Tampa Bay. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nick Ameen.
  3. 100519-G-5380K-041-Deepwater Horizon Response Controlled Burns GULF OF MEXICO - Aerial view of oil being burned from the Deepwater Horizon/BP incident, May 19, 2010. Favorable weather conditions allowed burns to total more than nine hours. The burns are part of an effort to reduce the amount of oil in the water and are part of the joint federal, state and BP effort to aid in preventing the spread of oil following the April 20 explosion on the mobile offshore drilling unit, Deepwater Horizon. U.S Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer John Kepsimelis.
  4. Note that the historical information excluded the Ixtoc I spill since it occurred outside U.S. waters. Id. at 29. Id. at 27, 32.
  5. CEQ, Report Regarding the Minerals Management Service’s National Environmental Policy Act Policies, Practices, and Procedures as They Relate to Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Exploration and Development, August 16, 2010, Figure 1, page 7
  6. 100904-G-3885B-049-Deepwater Horizon BOP extraction GULF OF MEXICO (Sept. 4, 2010) - "The damaged Blow Out Preventer (BOP), along with the Lower Marine Riser Package (LMRP) Cap, have been removed from the Gulf of Mexico and are currently on board the Q4000. The BOP is considered evidentiary material, and is now under the supervision of the Deepwater Horizon Criminal Investigation Team and FBI Evidence Recovery Team." - National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Thomas M. Blue
  7. 100505-G-7944L-162-Oil dispersant operations HOUMA, La. -- The crew of a Basler BT-67 fixed wing aircraft release oil dispersant over an oil discharge from the mobile offshore drilling unit, Deepwater Horizon, off the shore of Louisiana, May 5, 2010. To date, the unified response has dropped 156,364 gallons of oil dispersant on the discharge. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Stephen Lehmann.
  8. 100603-G-7444G-003 cleanup JEFFERSON PARISH, La. A clean-up crew worker contracted by BP, and under the direction of the U.S. Coast Guard, cleans up oil that washed ashore at Grand Terre, La., June 3, 2010. Hundreds of contracted clean-up crews are spread throughout the gulf area and are part of the ongoing Administration-wide response to the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ann Marie Gorden.
  9. 100421-G-XXXXL- 003 - Deepwater Horizon fire NEW ORLEANS - Fire boat response crews battle the blazing remnants of the off shore oil rig Deepwater Horizon April 21, 2010. A Coast Guard MH-65C dolphin rescue helicopter and crew document the fire aboard the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon, while searching for survivors April 21, 2010. Multiple Coast Guard helicopters, planes and cutters responded to rescue the Deepwater Horizon's 126 person crew. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
  10. 100609-G-5030-3143 OFF THE LOUISIANA COAST---A controlled burn of oil from the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill sends towers of fire hundreds of feet into the air over the Gulf of Mexico June 9. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer First Class John Masson.
  11. 100703-G-6533M-001 COCODRIE, La.-Contractors use improvised mops made of bamboo poles and absorbent pads to clean up oil in the marsh grass in Terrebonne Bay, La., on Saturday, July 3, 2010. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill made landfall two days ago, and personnel from Branch Terrebonne Parish are responding with both tested methods and impromptu ingenuity to recover it. U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Derek W. Richburg.
  12. 100612-G-7596C-013 Oiled Wildlife Triage Center JEFFERSON PARISH, La. - Jaden M. Kifer, a trained bird rescue worker, holds an oiled pelican while Ricardo A. Fernandez measures the bird's body temperature, alertness and level of oiling at the Oiled Wildlife Triage center in Grand Isle June 12, 2010. Oiled wildlife is brought to the triage center for assessment and a brief cleaning before being transported to Fort Jackson, Fla., for cleaning, rehabilitation and release. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Caleb Critchfield.
  13. http://images.usace.army.mil/scripts/PortWeb.dll?query&field=Image%20name&opt=matches&value=911-0158.jpg&template=Selected_Info&catalog=photoDVL
  14. http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/3mile-isle.html#tmiview
  15. http://wwwowe.water.ca.gov/newsreleases/images/jonesflood/jonesbreak.jpg
  16. 100511-G-8744K-010 ROV operator GULF of MEXICO - Todd Schilla pilots a remotely operated vehicle as a small pollution containment chamber, known as the "top hat," is lowered into the Gulf of Mexico by the motor vessel Viking Poseidon May 11, 2010. The chamber will be used in an attempt to contain an oil leak that was caused by the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon explosion. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Patrick Kelley.