(CNN) -- Thad Allen, the government's point man on the BP oil disaster, and Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser will meet Tuesday before briefing the public on the cleanup effort.
The effort to permanently kill the ruptured oil well deep in the Gulf of Mexico has stalled because of turbulent seas.
Officials had planned to detach a device called a blowout preventer from the well and replace it with a new one, a procedure aimed at paving the way for a permanent fix for the well.
BP annouced the postponement of the procedure on its Twitter page Monday.
"Operations will commence as soon as sea states reach acceptable levels," the company said.
Allen had warned Friday that changes in weather could result in a change in schedule. Last week, the operation was delayed as engineers tried to fish out pieces of drill pipe stuck inside the blowout preventer. CNN
