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After the massive and continuing release of oil into the Gulf from BP's Transocean/DeepwaterHorizon disaster, Diel brought the product to the attention of "incident command" in Roberts Louisiana.
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I mentioned the conversation with Diel to a friend in Los Angeles who invented a high-tech bird cleaning machine that has been blocked by Tri-State, the wildlife cleaner working at Fort Jackson.
Georgianne Nienaber: British Petroleum Rebuffs Better Boom Barrier 2010
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Diel was told that the ROC Barrier Boom was not approved by the Coast Guard (it is), and that it is not on the list of BP vendors.
Georgianne Nienaber: British Petroleum Rebuffs Better Boom Barrier 2010
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Elizabeth has encountered the same bureaucratic tangle that Diel described.
Georgianne Nienaber: British Petroleum Rebuffs Better Boom Barrier 2010
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As for BP and their spin and refusal to consider thinking outside of the box with new and better ways of mitigating the river of oil, well, Diel put it this way.
Georgianne Nienaber: British Petroleum Rebuffs Better Boom Barrier 2010
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Diel is a licensed marine surveyor and had come across the product three years ago at a trade show and kept the canister with him ever since.
Georgianne Nienaber: British Petroleum Rebuffs Better Boom Barrier 2010
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"The testing was approved by the Coast Guard in San Francisco, and Chevron has also done testing on it," Diel said.
Georgianne Nienaber: British Petroleum Rebuffs Better Boom Barrier 2010
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So it obvious BP and the Coast Guard are well aware of the product, despite what they told Diel when he visited "incident command."
Georgianne Nienaber: British Petroleum Rebuffs Better Boom Barrier 2010
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Diel was pissed off and had something he wanted to show me.
Georgianne Nienaber: British Petroleum Rebuffs Better Boom Barrier 2010
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Turns out Diel is also the District Commander of the US Coast Guard Auxiliary, so he has an "in" or two.
Georgianne Nienaber: British Petroleum Rebuffs Better Boom Barrier 2010
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