Looking to the Future: Lessons in Prevention, Response, and Restoration from the Gulf Oil Spill

USCG Deep Horizon ResponseWASHINGTON, D.C.—The Senate Commerce Committee today announced an Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard Subcommittee hearing on lessons in prevention, response and restoration from the Gulf oil spill. The hearing will examine the ongoing response to and lessons learned from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In addition, the hearing will focus on the continuing challenges relevant agencies and stakeholders face in the wake of the spill, the state of progress of damage assessment and restoration activities, and recommendations for improving the nation’s oil spill prevention and response capacity, and ensuring the long term successful restoration in the Gulf.

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Majority Statement

  • Chairman John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV

    U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

Testimony

  • Rear Admiral Paul F. Zukunft

    Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety, Security, and Stewardship
    United States Coast Guard
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  • Mr. David M. Kennedy

    Assistant Administrator, National Ocean Service
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Witness Panel 2

  • The Honorable Grover C. Robinson

    Commissioner
    Escambia County, Florida
    Download Testimony (216.42 KB)
  • Dr. R. Eugene Turner

    Chaired Professor, Distinguished Research Master, and Distinguished Faculty
    Louisiana State University
  • Mr. Erik Milito

    Group Director for Upstream Operations
    American Petroleum Institute
    Download Testimony (281.29 KB)
  • Mr. Jim Ayers

    Senior Advisor
    Ocean Conservancy
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