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But this is not without some risk because as bp itself said, you know, this is not standard procedure, having this many tankers and these many people working on the surface, it goes beyond industry protocol and so there is a risk involved there in having a surface accident which of course could be really detrimental to the process of collecting oil, but of course that risk has to be measured with the benefit that comes from collecting as much oil as possible, keeping it from the waters of the gulf and this fragile coastline. >> environment and science exterritory jeff koran takes us into one m...

To come up with a plan to collect more oil. they have this cap in place and they are able to collect some, i guess about 15,000 barrels a day, and so their plan is now to try to collect more, to enhance what they're already doing. what they hope to be able to do is get three surface tankers in place by the end of the month to collect about 2 million gallons of oil a day, and they want to step that up to about four tankers by mid-july to collect some 3 million gallons of oil a day. now this is beyond industry practice. this is a lot more sththan is standard and bp warns it could create risks. t...

Beyond both bp and industry practice. with so many workers and ships in a small space, there's also a risk of a major surface accident. what is the timeline starting today, mara? >> this is in response to the obama administration over the weekend giving bp a 48-hour deadline to come up with a new plan to start collecting more oil. the administration wanted them to up that amount and that is in response to that. they are releasing information about the details of this plan to increase the amount of oil being collected and this doesn't come without risk. like you mentioned. essentially placing m...