page_title: Timeline of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (June 2010)
section_title: June 1–5
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (June 2010) / June 1–5
caption_attribution_description: English: Transocean's en:Development Driller II continues to dig a relief well in the Gulf of Mexico May 20, 2010. en:Development Driller II and Development Driller III were brought into the area to drill relief wells in an effort to stop the flow of oil into the water after the en:Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion incident.
context_page_description: Following is a timeline of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill for June 2010.
context_section_description: June 1
  United States attorney general Eric Holder said his office was going to investigate possible criminal prosecutions. He specifically said they are investigating Clean Water Act, Oil Pollution Act of 1990, Migratory Bird Treaty Act, Endangered Species Act.
  Coast Guard Rear Adm. Mary Landry steps down as federal on-scene coordinator and is succeeded by her assistant James A. Watson.
  2010 Atlantic hurricane season begins. Oil reaches on the beaches of Gulf Islands National Seashore.
  June 2
  Oil spotted 9 miles (14 km) from Pensacola, Florida beaches.
  Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal sends Obama letter opposing the six-month moratorium on new deepwater rigs.
  White House approves construction of five new sand berms in addition to the one approved the week before sending the $360 million bill to BP. The berms with sand from the Gulf floor will act as barrier islands.
  June 3
  BP begins airing an ad which features Tony Hayward and has the tagline: "We will get this done. We will make this right." It was reportedly prepared by Washington, D.C.-based "Purple Strategies" of political consultants Democrat Steve McMahon and Republican Alex Castellanos. It has an estimated budget of $50 million.
  Moody's estimates that the insured loss on the spill will be $1.4 billion and $3.5 billion. Moody's notes that BP's insured loss would have been more if it were not insuring with its captive insurer Jupiter Insurance of Guernsey. Jupiter has established loss reserves of $700 million. A.M. Best raises Jupiter's outlook from negative to stable. Liabilities beyond the insured losses would have to be absorbed by various involved including its three owners (BP: 65%; Anadarko Petroleum: 25%, Mitsui Oil Exploration Co. (MOECO) subsidiary of Mitsui: 10%).
  Transocean to be added to the Swiss Market Index on June 21.
  BP releases 24 ROV live streaming video feeds (2 each from the Boa Deep C, Discoverer Enterprise, Ocean Intervention III, Q4000, Skandi Neptune, Viking Poseidon).
  June 4
  Tar balls arrive on beaches in Pensacola, Florida. However, Escambia County, Florida officials do not close the beaches.
  Mississippi has not closed its beaches (with the exception of Petit Bois Island and Horn Island). Alabama warns visitors to stay out of the water on all of its ocean beaches.
  BP says it has paid $84 million reimbursing people for loss of income. BP closing stock price 37.16  Louisiana State University say they have discovered an underwater plume 75 miles (120 km) northwest of the well.
  Ecosphere Technologies - a diversified water engineering and environmental services company - deployed a non-chemical water treatment system to assist in the remediation efforts.
  June 5
  Obama in his third trip to Louisiana since the disaster began visits Grand Isle, Louisiana for the second time in two weeks.
  Obama criticized BP for paying $50 million for television advertising and planning to pay $10.5 billion in quarterly dividends.
  Obama in his weekly radio address said 20,000 people are involved, he has authorized the deployment of 17,500 National Guard troops, that 1,900 boats were working on the spill and 4.3 million feet of boom had been deployed.
  Thad W. Allen says that a cap intended to capture oil and pump it to the surface is capturing about 1,000 barrels (42,000 US gallons; 160,000 litres) a day.
  BP claims the cap captured 6,077 barrels (255,200 US gallons; 966,200 litres) on its first day.
  The NOAA "No Fish Boundary" extends 78,603 square miles (203,600 km²), or about 33% of the federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico covering an area roughly from Dry Tortugas, Florida in the south to Panama City, Florida in the northeast and Morgan City, Louisiana in the northwest.
  BP confirms it purchased keyword search terms such as "oil spill" from Google, Yahoo and Bing so that the sponsored link at the top of the page goes to a BP page. The tag on the sponsored link for "oil spill" says "Info about the Gulf of Mexico Spill Learn More about How BP is Helping."
caption: Development Driller II on site
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