there was nothing rare about them granting these exemptions. >> there's been a lot of talk about these things, you use them because yes, it does disperse the oil. a lot of people are saying we can't find oil to skim. maybe the dispersants worked but a lot of people worry what is it doing to the environment. >> the longlasting effect. >> we might not know that for some time. reynolds wolf is in new orleans on this day 104 and reynolds, good morning to you once again. this could be a big week this week as it comes to trying to finally kill this well. >> reporter: that's right. you know, guys, we don't really see the light at the end of the tunnel but we see something looming and it sure looks favorable. we're looking at possibly the two end capping procedures. we have the cap of course the containment cap but the kill process, static kill and bottom kill. static kill might take place in the coming days but the bottom kill will take a couple days. or weeks perhaps to the end of the month.