Skimmers

The only really effective at sea skimmers are not allowed to operate because EPA won't let them discharge the separated seawater overboard due to a small amount of oil (yes, a tiny amount of the same oil they just skimmed and almost entirely removed).

Federal regulations have hamstrung this entire response (COE, EPA)

I have 2 skimmers coming in from Cali that should hit the water sometimes next week. BP wanted them here last week. From what I understand, there are skimmers just sitting doing nothing right now. Hell, they're getting paid so what the hell

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I read a Moblie paper article and it sounded like they suck up water and oil and transport this mixture to shore to process. Is this true?

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That is what they are having to do now, or use absorbent booms to sop it up and that is a very slow process.

I bumped this because it is a crying shame that we are not using these ships. Ironically, the material skimmed comes to shore-based separation facilities, which are not 100% efficient, meaning they discharge oil into inland waters instead of these ships discharging a similar amount off-shore basically at near ground zero.

SC was right-this is criminally insane, but another example of Federal rules that agencies and the administration will not bend, no matter how inane...

Can you link a report that substantiates that? I hope you are correct.