Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness and Integration Subcommittee
Deep Impact: Assessing the Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on States, Localities and the Private Sector
This hearing will focus on the impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on Gulf Coast States and localities, and the effectiveness of the coordinated federal, state, local, and private sector response. The Subcommittee will review the planning that took place prior to the spill and the coordinated response effort between federal, state, and local governments and the private sector in the aftermath. States and localities will describe the impact the spill has had on them and will provide details of going challenges and continuing needs. Lastly, the Subcommittee will assess the private sector impact, particularly on the fishing industry, and the efforts underway to provide relief.
Witnesses
Panel 1- David Camardelle, Mayor, Grand Isle, Louisiana
- Chipper McDermott, Mayor, Pass Christian, Mississippi
- Billy Nungesser, President, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
- Mark Cooper, Director, Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness
- Juliette Kayyem, Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- Rear Admiral Mary Landry, District 8 Coast Guard Commander, U.S. Coast Guard
- Raymond Dempsey, Vice President of Strategy, BP America, Inc.
- Darryl Willis, Vice President for Resources, BP America, Inc.