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On the recordMay 17, 2010
Well, for example, the use of a containment dome was listed as part of their strategy in the exploration plan for response to a failure of a blowout preventer, would you have approved a response plan for a vessel that did not acknowledge the possibility of a complete failure of the system?
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Olympia Snowe
Republican · Maine

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Questioning the adequacy of response plans for worst-case scenarios.

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