Sandy Stocks of Dora, Ala., reads her book as a sand cleaning machine trundles by in Orange Beach, Ala., Thursday, July 8, 2010. Skimming vessels have returned to operation after days of being shut down by high seas and bad weather and oil continues to come ashore along the Gulf coast. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
- Sandy Stocks of Dora, Ala., reads her book as a sand cleaning machine trundles by in Orange Beach, Ala., Thursday, July 8, 2010. Skimming vessels have returned to operation after days of being shut down by high seas and bad weather and oil continues to come ashore along the Gulf coast. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
- Hannah Carroll of Longview, Tex., lies in the sun on the oil stained beach in Orange Beach Ala., Wednesday, July 7, 2010. Oil washed ashore with the tide overnight, leaving an ugly stain that brought out hundreds of BP workers to clean.(AP Photo/Dave Martin)
- Beach walkers make their way past puddled oil along the beach in Orange Beach Ala., Wednesday, July 7, 2010. Oil washed ashore with the tide overnight, leaving an ugly stain that brought out dozens of BP workers to clean.(AP Photo/Dave Martin)
- Skim boarders watch the surf near an oil retention boom that is spread across the Perdido Pass in Orange Beach Ala., Tuesday, July 6, 2010. The structure failed last week when heavy seas from Hurricane Alex broke sections of the boom apart. Oil spotting and skimming operations have been hampered by bad weather and choppy seas. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
- An oily skim board is caught in the current up against an oil retention boom at the Perdido Pass in Orange Beach Ala., Tuesday, July 6, 2010. A $4.6 million oil retention boom system that is spread across the Perdido Pass failed last week when heavy seas from Hurricane Alex broke sections of the boom apart. Oil spotting and skimming operations have been hampered by bad weather and choppy seas. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
- Corey Jenkins Hayden, 10, of Mobile, Ala., walk past oily pom pom booms strung along the beach in Orange Beach, Ala., Thursday, July 8, 2010. More oil from the Deepwater Horizon incident was washing ashore along the Alabama coast Thursday. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
- Tyler Purdon, left, Cole Payne and Stephen Montgomery, all of Pontotoc, Miss, walk past oily pom pom booms strung along the beach in Orange Beach, Ala., Thursday, July 8, 2010. More oil from the Deepwater Horizon incident was washing ashore along the Alabama coast Thursday. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
- A small oil skimming boat is pictured between no swimming flags posted at Orange Beach, Ala., Thursday, July 8, 2010. Skimming vessels have returned to operation after days of being shut down by high seas and bad weather. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
- Oil cleanup workers rake oil and sand into piles along the shore in Orange Beach Ala., Wednesday, July 7, 2010. Oil washed ashore with the tide overnight, leaving an ugly stain that brought out dozens of BP workers for cleaning duty. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
- Oil cleanup workers use absorbent booms to collect oil and tar balls in Orange Beach Ala., Wednesday, July 7, 2010. Oil washed ashore with the tide overnight, leaving an ugly stain that brought out dozens of BP workers to clean.(AP Photo/Dave Martin)
- Oil cleanup workers use absorbent booms to collect oil and tar balls in Orange Beach Ala., Wednesday, July 7, 2010. Oil washed ashore with the tide overnight, leaving an ugly stain that brought out dozens of BP workers to clean.(AP Photo/Dave Martin)
- Oily sand covered beach chairs sit idle on the beach in Orange Beach Ala., Wednesday, July 7, 2010. The oil washed ashore with the tide overnight, leaving an ugly stain that brought out hundreds of BP workers to clean.(AP Photo/Dave Martin)
- Oil cleanup workers use absorbent booms to collect oil and tar balls in Orange Beach Ala., Wednesday, July 7, 2010. Oil washed ashore with the tide overnight, leaving an ugly stain that brought out dozens of BP workers to clean.(AP Photo/Dave Martin)
- An oily skim board is caught in the current up against an oil retention boom at the Perdido Pass in Orange Beach Ala., Tuesday, July 6, 2010. A $4.6 million oil retention boom system that is spread across the Perdido Pass failed last week when heavy seas from Hurricane Alex broke sections of the boom apart. Oil spotting and skimming operations have been hampered by bad weather and heavy seas. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
- A work boat maneuvers past broken sections of an oil retention boom system in the Perdido Pass in Orange Beach Ala., Tuesday, July 6, 2010. The structure failed last week when heavy seas from Hurricane Alex broke sections of the boom apart. Oil spotting and skimming operations have been hampered by bad weather and choppy seas. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
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