Editorial: Federal Agencies Must Be Vigilant on Oil Spill

From The Times-Picayune:

The Environmental Protection Agency’s order for BP to use less toxic dispersants to help clean up the Gulf of Mexico’s oil spill is a welcome move. The same goes for the joint demand by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson that BP immediately reveal its plans, reports and video about the spill to the government and the public.

But as forceful as these actions may be, federal officials are essentially playing catch up. Federal agencies were grossly unprepared for a disaster of this magnitude, as was BP, and the Gulf Coast is paying the price.

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