Deepwater joint investigation board concludes 5th day in 4th session of hearings

Follow up to previous postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, this news: Deepwater joint investigation board concludes 5th day in 4th session of hearings.

  • “The Deepwater Horizon joint investigation concluded the fifth day of the fourth session of hearings Friday [August 27, 2010] into the circumstances surrounding the explosion, fire, pollution and sinking of the Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit Deepwater Horizon, with multiple loss of life in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010. The joint investigation has the powers of both convening agencies, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEM), and is co-chaired and staffed by representatives of both agencies. For the public hearing, the joint investigation is following the policies and procedures for a U.S Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation contained in 46 Code of Federal Regulations Part 4 and USCG policy (available on the joint investigation Web site. The facts collected at this hearing, along with the lead investigators’ conclusions and recommendations will be forwarded to Coast Guard Headquarters and BOEM for approval. Once approved, the final investigative report will be made available to the public and the media. No analysis or conclusions will be presented during the hearing.” Video of this most recent hearing is available here, via C-SPAN.
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