first speech from the Oval Office of his Presidency gives attorney Michael R. Bromwich power to clean up the MMS. Obama appoints Ray Mabus to develop a long-term restoration plan for the Gulf Coast. Unified Command announces plans to move its 350 staff into of space to downtown New Orleans, Louisiana near the Superdome at 1250 Poydras Plaza (the Eni Building). NOAA and Coast Guard report seizing 19,000 pounds of shrimp caught in a closed fishing area south of Belle Pass, Louisiana. Obama signs amendment authorizing the Coast Guard to obtain multiple advances (up to $100 million each), with the total amount of all advances not to exceed the incident cap under current law ($1 billion), from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund. The Fund is principally funded by a 5-cent-per-barrel tax, collected from the oil industry on petroleum produced in or imported to the United States. Transocean in its monthly fleet report notes that some of its customers are seeking to declare force majeure to nullify their contracts as a result of the moratorium noting that the rigs could be moved or used for other non-drilling activities. In particular it says it has rejected Anadarko's claims. Anadarko CEO James T. Hackett declines to testify before Senate Committee citing scheduling conflicts. Huffington Post reports he is scheduled in the Houston on to receive "Oil and Gas Investor's Executive of the Year" award. Yoshiyuki Kagawa, president and CEO of Mitsui Oil Exploration Co. also declines because of scheduling issues. June 16–20 June 16 Obama meets with Svanberg, Hayward, McKay. BP agrees to fund a $20 billion escrow account administered by Kenneth Feinberg. Svanberg said no BP quarterly dividends would be paid anytime in 2010. BP will pay $5 billion a year into the fund. Reconfigured Q4000 is put back in service collecting oil. Transocean's Newman testifying before the United States Senate Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations that the company is not legally responsible for "fluids emanating from the well." Good weather has resulted in several controlled burns. Since the spill 210 burns have been conducted to remove a total of . NOAA ship Pisces reports the finding of a dead sperm whale due south of the spill. Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company under the Shaw Environmental and Infrastructure Group begin constructing sand berms off the Louisiana coast to limit the amount of approaching oil in the Gulf of Mexico.