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Congressman: Too much dispersant used in oil spill
Posted: 08.01.2010 at 10:23 AM
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Oil containment boom is laid out in Treasure Pass, in waters near Yscloskey, La.  / AP photo
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The investigators said the U.S. Coast Guard routinely approved BP requests to use thousands of gallons of the chemical per day to break up the oil in the Gulf, despite a federal directive to use the dispersant rarely.

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