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Is it a Local Issue? March, 2013 Volume Estimates (barrels/day): April 22 - 1,000 April 28 - 5,000 May 27 - 12,000-19,000 Sept. 23 - 56,000-68,000 US Energy Information Administration Remediation : booms, burning, dispersants Plumes deepwater hydrocarbons remain (25 % of total?) Tarballs persist – February, 2013 Will bacterial activity add to the Gulf’s “dead zone”? Agricultural sources of nitrates phosphates Who’s to blame, BP or our endless thirst for petroleum products ? + huge vehicles in which to place them Tr