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Where is the governments priorities point to here kids?
It certainly isn't in the direction of public safety, it once again is putting Corporate concerns before the realization of truth.
The Chemical Safety Board should have full access to investigate, before the Corporate concerned are allowed anywhere near the evidence.
Their priority status ended the day the accident happened, because had they showed safety concern in the first the accident more than likely never would have happened!
A tiny federal agency that investigates deadly chemical accidents said it was being thwarted in its probe of the Deepwater Horizon disaster by other federal agencies.
The Chemical Safety Board is acting in character. With a tiny staff of 40 people and $10 million budget, it is a Chihuahua-sized federal agency. Independent of large government departments, it often has to fight for access to witnesses and evidence.
Starting last summer, safety board investigators met with representatives of the joint team, demanding equal standing. The safety board says it was largely ignored when test procedures were developed. Others involved in talks say the safety board was too confrontational.
The conflict has devolved into a squabble in recent days over who will be present when the blowout preventer is tested—and where they will sit. The four-story blowout preventer, pulled from the ocean floor, currently rests on a National Aeronautics and Space Administration dock in Louisiana.
There were five seats in the blowout preventer test area. The joint team decided the seats would go to five blowout-preventer experts representing companies that face legal action for the disaster—well owner BP, rig owner Transocean Ltd., blowout-preventer maker Cameron International Corp.—and the Justice Department and plaintiffs in a spill-related class-action lawsuit.
Unhappy, the safety board complained to members of Congress, and a sixth seat was added. But the board remained upset that the joint team gave the seat to a particular safety board consultant. Mr. Holmstrom said his agency has a right to send whomever it wishes to the test
