The administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration wrote to the chairs of the Oil Spill Commission today to "alert" them as to a "mischaracterization" of a NOAA document in a commission staff working paper, the release of which Wednesday subjected the White House to much criticism of its response to the oil spill.
NOAA Administrator Dr. Jane Lubchenco said she wanted to "set the record straight" as to the description in the paper that: "The Commission staff has also been advised that, in late April or early May 2010, NOAA wanted to make public some of its long-term, worst-case discharge models for the Deepwater Horizon spill, and requested approval to do so from the White House’s Office of Management and Budget. Staff was told that the Office of Management and Budget denied NOAA’s request."
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