Incoming BP CEO: Time for ‘scaleback’ in Gulf cleanup

James Lee Witt, right, listens to incoming BP CEO Bob Dudley as he announces Witt's hiring as an adviser to BP's Deepwater Horizon oil spill response in Biloxi, Miss., on Friday, July 30, 2010.
James Lee Witt, right, listens to incoming BP CEO Bob Dudley as he announces Witt's hiring as an adviser to BP's Deepwater Horizon oil spill response in Biloxi, Miss., on Friday, July 30, 2010.

— BP’s incoming CEO said it’s time to scale back the effort to clean up the oil spill, but added that the commitment to make things right is the same as ever.

Bob Dudley was in Biloxi, Miss., on Friday to announce that former Federal Emergency Management Agency chief James Lee Witt will help BP with the recovery.

Dudley said it’s not too soon to scale back the cleanup, and on beaches where there is no oil there’s no need for crews in hazmat suits.

He added, however, that there is no pullback in BP’s commitment to clean up the spill.

Dudley rejected the idea that the environmental effects of the spill have been overblown. He said that anyone who thinks it wasn’t a catastrophe must be far away from it.


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