The decision on whether actions by an approaching craft or boat are threatening must be left with the on-the-scene commander.

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But that's the role that we have to play -- to ensure that when the federal on-scene coordinator and our national incident commander make decisions that authorize BP to do different things, that the conditions at which that authorization is given are met.

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