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Bill Lehr commented on the blog post White House Accused of Deliberately Underestimating BP Oil Spill Data
This comment is my own personal opinion, not that of any agency of the Federal government. The PEER allegations are false and misleading. Readers are encouraged to download the Plume Team final report from the DOI Deepwater Horizon website. If they do that they will note each team member was allowed to include uncensored a description of the methods that they used and the results they found. Each team member was given opportunity to comment and suggest changes on the conclusions. The conclusions include the consensus estimate of the majority of team members, including some members who used non-standard imaging techniques. Copies of the report were provided to high-level government officials to aid in making response decisions but also made available to the public. While the answers may not fit the political agenda of PEER, they were a honest attempt by some of the country’s leading experts on fluid flow to provide a timely answer under emergency conditions.
PEER owes the entire Plume Team a sincere apology.
Bill Lehr
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