http://rc3.org/2010/07/05/why-is-the-government-is-blocking-access-to-oily-beaches/ Strong opinions weakly held Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:59:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://rc3.org/2010/07/05/why-is-the-government-is-blocking-access-to-oily-beaches/comment-page-1/#comment-9164 acm Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:46:18 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=11235#comment-9164 <p>and yet, nobody keeps swimmers and other tourists from swimming in the oily muck itself! amazing thought processes...</p> and yet, nobody keeps swimmers and other tourists from swimming in the oily muck itself! amazing thought processes…

]]> http://rc3.org/2010/07/05/why-is-the-government-is-blocking-access-to-oily-beaches/comment-page-1/#comment-9161 John Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:15:39 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=11235#comment-9161 <p>Not to defend BP here, but I think parts of this story are being overblown or misrepresented. Having a 65 foot "safety zone" around operating vessels and other marine equipment seems entirely reasonable. That being said, I don't know why this would apply to beach or marsh access.</p> Not to defend BP here, but I think parts of this story are being overblown or misrepresented. Having a 65 foot “safety zone” around operating vessels and other marine equipment seems entirely reasonable. That being said, I don’t know why this would apply to beach or marsh access.

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