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NOAA update on Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

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<AGL:CONTAINER>NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco spoke with fishermen in Venice, Louisiana today as the Deepwater Horizon incident grows. Also visiting the spill were Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Admiral Mike Mullen, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, Rear Admiral Mary Landry, Deputy Secretary of Interior David Hayes and Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Carol Browner. The Department of Defense authorized mobilization of the Louisiana National Guard to help protect critical habitats from contamination and assist local communities in the cleanup and removal of oil. </AGL:CONTAINER>
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<AGL:CONTAINER>Oil continues to flow into the Gulf of Mexico at an estimated to 5000 barrels (210,000 gallons) per day from three leaks in damaged piping on the sea floor from the Deepwater Horizon incident recently declared a Spill of National Significance (SONS). NOAA is assisting the Unified Command in evaluating a new technique to apply dispersants to oil at the source - 5000? below the surface, if successful this could keep plumes and sheens from forming. Work also continues on a piping system designed to take oil from a collection dome at the sea floor to tankers on the surface; this technique has never been tried at 5000?. Drilling of a relief or cut-off well is still planned - one drilling rig is on site and one should arrive this weekend, but the process will not be complete for several months. Aircraft have applied over 139,000 gallons of dispersant and will continue as conditions allow.
With shore impacts looming, more than 217,000 feet of boom have been assigned to contain the spill, with an additional 305,760 feet available. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced the closure of both recreational and commercial fishing in areas of likely impact and the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals closed molluscan shellfish (oyster) harvesting areas in the coastal parishes of Plaquemines and St. Bernard. NOAA efforts have included: modeling the trajectory and extent of the oil, getting pre-impact samples surveys and baseline measurements, planning for open water and shoreline remediation, supporting the Unified Command as it analyzes new techniques for handling the spill and starting Natural Resource Damage Assessments (NRDA). </AGL:CONTAINER>
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  • National Weather Service forecasts persistent southeast winds through the weekend which will push surface oil towards shore and hamper surface recovery efforts until a forecast shift on Monday
  • The Coast Guard is using forecasts and graphics of oil movement prepared by NOAA?s Emergency Response Division (ERD) and Marine Charting Division to keep mariners out of oil areas by depicting them on electronic charts
  • Baseline aerial surveys to assess marine life continued today with personnel from NOAA?s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), more flights are planned this weekend
  • NOAA?s Assessment and Restoration Division (ARD) coordinated with natural resource trustees from five states and with Responsible Party representatives on seven resource assessment workgroups (birds, mammals and turtles, fish, shoreline habitats, water column injury, data management, and human use)
  • NOAA and the Louisiana Department of Health and Human Hospitals gathered oysters and water and sediment samples in four commercial harvest areas
  • An ARD natural resource economist arrives on scene tomorrow to lead a team that will evaluate spill related losses of human-use activities
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  • For NOAA media inquiries, please contact Keeley Belva at keeley.belva@noaa.gov or 301.713.3066
  • For response inquiries, please phone the Joint Information Center (JIC) at 985.902.5231 or 985.902.5240
  • To report oil on land, or for general Community and Volunteer Information, please phone 866.448.5816
  • To report oiled or injured wildlife, please phone 800.557.1401
  • To discuss spill related damage claims, please phone 800.440.0858
  • BP is asking fishermen for their assistance in cleaning up the oil spill. BP is calling this the Vessel of Opportunities Program and through it, BP is looking to contract shrimp boats, oyster boats and other vessels for hire to deploy boom in the Gulf of Mexico. Fishermen should phone 425.745.8017 about this program.
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  • The Louisiana Regional Restoration Planning Program Federal and Louisiana natural resource trustees have developed a statewide Louisiana Regional Restoration Planning Program to assist the natural resource trustees in carrying out their Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) responsibilities. [leaves OR&R site]
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  • Deepwater Horizon Joint Information Center This site is providing information regarding the April 20 incident in the US Gulf of Mexico involving a Transocean drilling Rig Deep Water Horizon. The Horizon was engaged in drilling activity on behalf of BP at Mississippi Canyon Block 252, about 52 miles southeast of Venice, La. [leaves OR&R site]
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  • Deepwater Horizon Response on Twitter This site is providing information regarding the April 20 incident in the US Gulf of Mexico involving a Transocean drilling Rig Deep Water Horizon. [leaves OR&R site]
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  • Deepwater Horizon Response on Facebook This site is providing information regarding the April 20 incident in the US Gulf of Mexico involving a Transocean drilling Rig Deepwater Horizon. [leaves OR&R site]
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<AGL:CONTAINER>NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco saw the extent of the Deepwater Horizon incident as she flew over the spill in a NOAA Twin Otter today, while NOAA Scientific Support Coordinators briefed Governor Jindal of Louisiana. President Obama will be on-scene tomorrow. Admiral Thad Allen, Commandant of the Coast Guard was named National Incident Commander ? Gulf Coast residents remember his strong leadership during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. </AGL:CONTAINER>
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<AGL:CONTAINER>Oil continues to flow into the Gulf of Mexico at an estimated to 5000 barrels (210,000 gallons) per day from three leaks in damaged piping on the sea floor. This afternoon NOAA tested a new technique to apply dispersants to oil at the source - 5000? below the surface. Another test and follow-on analysis of the effects of dispersant and dispersed oil in the water column are necessary before the technique is operational, but if successful it could reduce or prevent an oil plume from forming at the surface. Preparation for drilling of a relief or cut-off well is underway - one drilling rig is on site and one should arrive this weekend, but the process will not be complete for several months. Work also continues on a piping system designed to take oil from a collection dome at the sea floor to tankers on the surface; this technique has never been tried at 5000?. High winds and seas curtailed surface skimming and application of dispersant by air today, but production of dispersant has ramped up to 70,000 barrels per day.
Hundreds of thousands of feet of boom have been deployed to contain the spill, with hundreds of thousands more assigned. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced the closure of both recreational and commercial fishing in areas of likely impact and the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals closed molluscan shellfish (oyster) harvesting areas in the coastal parishes of Plaquemines and St. Bernard. NOAA efforts have included: modeling the trajectory and extent of the oil, getting pre-impact samples surveys and baseline measurements, planning for open water and shoreline remediation, supporting the Unified Command as it analyzes new techniques for handling the spill and starting Natural Resource Damage Assessments (NRDA).
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<AGL:CONTAINER>Today NOAA restricted fishing in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico threatened the BP oil spill - from the mouth of the Mississippi to Pensacola Bay (***click here for map***). The closure, which will be in effect for at least 10 days, is to protect consumers and the seafood industry. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke said, ?We stand with America's fisherman, their families and businesses in impacted coastal communities during this very challenging time. Fishing is vital to our economy and our quality of life and we will work tirelessly protect to it". NOAA is part of the Department of Commerce. Support came from Harlon Pearce, Chairman, Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board and Ewell Smith, Executive Director, Louisiana Seafood Board who said, ?We Support NOAA?s precautionary closure of the affected area so that the American consumer has confidence that the seafood they eat is safe. It is also very important to underscore the fact that this closure is only the affected area of the Gulf of Mexico, not the entire Gulf. The state waters of Louisiana West of the Mississippi River are still open and the seafood coming from that area is safe.? Further details can be found here: http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/. </AGL:CONTAINER>
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<AGL:CONTAINER>The state of Louisiana has already closed vulnerable fisheries in state waters ? within 3 miles of the coast. NOAA is closing areas directly adjacent to the area closures enacted by Louisiana, and is working with state governors to evaluate the need to declare a fisheries disaster, which would facilitate federal aid to fishermen. NOAA fisheries representatives will be meeting with fishermen this week to assist them, and BP will be hiring fishermen to help clean up and deploy boom in the Gulf of Mexico.
President Obama was on-scene today getting a first-hand look at the spill, which is still leaking at a rate of approximately 5000 barrels (210,000 gallons) per day from three damaged sections of piping on the sea floor. Engineers are working to inject dispersants at the oil?s source - 5000? below the surface. If successful, it could reduce or prevent an oil plume from forming at the surface. Drilling of a relief or cut-off well started today, but it will take several months to stop the flow. Work also continues on a collection dome at the sea floor; this technique has never been tried at 5000?. Very high winds and rough seas curtailed surface operations, such as skimming and applying dispersant by aircraft. Hundreds of thousands of feet of boom have been deployed to contain the spill, with hundreds of thousands more staged and ready to be deployed. NOAA efforts have included: modeling the trajectory and extent of the oil, getting pre-impact samples surveys and baseline measurements, planning for open water and shoreline remediation, supporting the Unified Command as it analyzes new techniques for handling the spill and starting Natural Resource Damage Assessments (NRDA).
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<AGL:CONTAINER>Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) cut off a section at the end of the riser pipe, which used to lead from the well to the rig, and capped it with a valve. While this stopped one of the three leaks, oil continues to enter the Gulf of Mexico at a rate of approximately 5000 barrels (210,000 gallons) per day. Testing of a new technique that involves injecting dispersants at the oil?s source - 5000? below the surface - will require further monitoring to tell whether the sub-sea dispersants are having an effect and further analysis to ensure effects in the water column are not worse than those from oil. If successful, the technique could reduce or prevent an oil plume from forming at the surface. Drilling of a relief or cut-off well got further, but will take several months to stop the flow. The first collection dome, a large cofferdam-like structure that collects oil at the sea floor and funnels it for collection at the surface, was deployed today. These containment chambers have never been tried this deep - 5000? - and will take about a week to be fully rigged and functional. Hundreds of thousands of feet of boom have been deployed to contain the spill, with hundreds of thousands more staged and ready to be deployed. NOAA efforts have included: modeling the trajectory and extent of the oil, getting pre-impact samples surveys and baseline measurements, planning for open water and shoreline remediation, supporting the Unified Command as it analyzes new techniques for handling the spill and starting Natural Resource Damage Assessments (NRDA). </AGL:CONTAINER>
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  • Decreasing wind and sea state should allow the full spectrum of surface operations until the weekend. NOAA?s National Weather Service has created a special forecast for the incident area which you can access here: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/lix/
  • NOAA has 3 aircraft on-scene: a King Air specially equipped for photogrammetry and 2 Twin Otter aircraft one for marine mammal observations
  • The Coast Guard is using forecasts and graphics of oil movement prepared by NOAA?s Emergency Response Division (ERD) and Marine Charting Division to keep mariners out of oil areas by depicting them on electronic charts.
  • NOAA restricted fishing in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico directly adjacent to the area closures enacted by Louisiana. The closure, which will be in effect for at least 10 days, is to protect consumers and the seafood industry. NOAA fisheries representatives will be meeting with fishermen this week to assist them. Further details can be found here: http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/.
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  • For NOAA media inquiries, please contact Keeley Belva at keeley.belva@noaa.gov or 301.713.3066.
  • For response-related inquiries, please phone the Joint Information Center (JIC) at 985.902.5231 or 985.902.5240.
  • To report oil on land, or for general community information, please phone 866.448.5816.
  • To report oiled or injured wildlife, please phone 866.557.1401.
  • To learn about volunteer opportunities in all areas and what training is required, please phone 866.448.5816.
  • To discuss spill related damage claims, please phone 800.440.0858.
  • BP is asking fishermen for their assistance in cleaning up the oil spill. BP is calling this the Vessel of Opportunities Program and through it, BP is looking to contract shrimp boats, oyster boats and other vessels for hire to deploy boom in the Gulf of Mexico. To learn more about the Vessel of Opportunity Program, fishermen should phone 281.366.5511.
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  • Deepwater Horizon Response on Facebook This site is providing information regarding the April 20 incident in the US Gulf of Mexico involving a Transocean drilling Rig Deepwater Horizon. [leaves OR&R site]
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<AGL:CONTAINER>Weather today continued to allow both NOAA overflights and dispersant operations. Overflight observation flights were concentrated around the Chandeleur Islands. During these overflights, trained observers recorded locations of oil, affected wildlife, and other relevant observations. Overflights will continue tomorrow with a goal to observe the northern and eastern boundaries of the slick. Two in-situ burns also occurred today, and up to 1,000 gallons of oil were burned. </AGL:CONTAINER>
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<AGL:CONTAINER>The latest trajectory forecast shows a potential for westward movement of the oil. Twice daily, NOAA oceanographers continue to release updated trajectory maps showing the predicted trajectory of the oil slick. Drifter buoys have been placed near areas of the slick to provide tracking data that will be used to ground truth NOAA?s predicted trajectories. The buoys transmit location information and can be used by the NOAA modeling team to better understand how currents and winds are moving the slick and accompanying buoys.
Technical specialists and other personnel from many agencies and organizations are assisting NOAA in providing scientific support for the spill response. NASA has volunteered use of a reconnaissance aircraft for NOAA?s use in conducting overflights of the affected areas. NOAA efforts have included: modeling the trajectory and extent of the oil, getting pre-impact samples surveys and baseline measurements, planning for open water and shoreline remediation, supporting the Unified Command as it analyzes new techniques for handling the spill, and starting Natural Resource Damage Assessments (NRDA). </AGL:CONTAINER>
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  • Decreasing wind and sea state should allow the full spectrum of surface operations until the weekend. NOAA?s National Weather Service has created a special forecast for the incident area which you can access here: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/lix/
  • NOAA has 3 aircraft on-scene: a King Air specially equipped for photogrammetry and 2 Twin Otter aircraft one for marine mammal observations
  • The Coast Guard is using forecasts and graphics of oil movement prepared by NOAA?s Emergency Response Division (ERD) and Marine Charting Division to keep mariners out of oil areas by depicting them on electronic charts.
  • NOAA restricted fishing in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico directly adjacent to the area closures enacted by Louisiana. The closure, which will be in effect for at least 10 days, is to protect consumers and the seafood industry. NOAA fisheries representatives will be meeting with fishermen this week to assist them. Further details can be found here: http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/.
NOAA?s Damage Assessment Remediation and Restoration Program (DARRP) is conducting a Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA). From past experience, NOAA is concerned about oil impacts to fish, shellfish, marine mammals, turtles, birds and other sensitive resources, as well as their habitats, including wetlands, mudflats, beaches, bottom sediments and the water column. Any lost uses of these resources, for example, fishery and beach closures, will also be evaluated. The focus currently is to assemble existing data on resources and their habitats and collect baseline (pre-spill impact) data. Data on oiled resources and habitats are also being collected. </AGL:CONTAINER>
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  • For NOAA media inquiries, please contact Keeley Belva at keeley.belva@noaa.gov or 301.713.3066.
  • For response-related inquiries, please phone the Joint Information Center (JIC) at 985.902.5231 or 985.902.5240.
  • To report oil on land, or for general community information, please phone 866.448.5816.
  • To report oiled or injured wildlife, please phone 866.557.1401.
  • To learn about volunteer opportunities in all areas and what training is required, please phone 866.448.5816.
  • To discuss spill related damage claims, please phone 800.440.0858.
  • BP is asking fishermen for their assistance in cleaning up the oil spill. BP is calling this the Vessel of Opportunities Program and through it, BP is looking to contract shrimp boats, oyster boats and other vessels for hire to deploy boom in the Gulf of Mexico. To learn more about the Vessel of Opportunity Program, fishermen should phone 281.366.5511.
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  • Deepwater Horizon Joint Information Center This site is providing information regarding the April 20 incident in the US Gulf of Mexico involving a Transocean drilling Rig Deep Water Horizon. The Horizon was engaged in drilling activity on behalf of BP at Mississippi Canyon Block 252, about 52 miles southeast of Venice, La. [leaves OR&R site]
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  • Deepwater Horizon Response on Twitter This site is providing information regarding the April 20 incident in the US Gulf of Mexico involving a Transocean drilling Rig Deepwater Horizon. [leaves OR&R site]
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Re: NOAA update on Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Deepwater Horizon Incident, Gulf of Mexico
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As the nation?s leading scientific resource for oil spills, NOAA has been on the scene of the Deepwater Horizon spill from the start, providing coordinated scientific weather and biological response services to federal, state and local organizations. More
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Situation: Thursday 06 May </AGL:CONTAINER>
<AGL:CONTAINER>Today fair weather conditions continued to allow NOAA and other response agencies to conduct operational activities. NOAA overflights observed and tracked several aspects of the oil slick. One overflight flew the southern and eastern edge of the oil slick. NOAA overflights confirmed reports of shoreline oiling in the Chandeleur Islands. During these overflights, trained observers recorded locations of oil, affected wildlife, and other relevant observations. Additional in-situ burns were conducted today. The experimental containment dome arrived at the site of the source. Today, the plan is to lower the structure down, contain the source, and pipe it to the surface where it will be pumped aboard vessels. </AGL:CONTAINER>
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<AGL:CONTAINER>Twice daily, NOAA oceanographers continue to release updated trajectory maps showing the predicted trajectory of the oil slick. The latest trajectory forecast shows a potential for westward and southward movement of the oil.
Drifter buoys have been placed near areas of the slick to provide tracking data that will be used to ground truth NOAA?s predicted trajectories. The buoys transmit location information and can be used by the NOAA modeling team to better understand how currents and winds are moving the slick and accompanying buoys.
Technical specialists and other personnel from many agencies and organizations are assisting NOAA in providing scientific support for the spill response. NASA has volunteered use of a reconnaissance aircraft for NOAA?s use in conducting overflights of the affected areas. NOAA efforts have included: modeling the trajectory and extent of the oil, getting pre-impact samples surveys and baseline measurements, planning for open water and shoreline remediation, supporting the Unified Command as it analyzes new techniques for handling the spill, and starting Natural Resource Damage Assessments (NRDA). </AGL:CONTAINER>
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  • NOAA?s National Weather Service has created a special forecast for the incident area which you can access here: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/lix/
  • NOAA has 3 aircraft on-scene: a King Air specially equipped for photogrammetry and 2 Twin Otter aircraft one for marine mammal observations
  • The Coast Guard is using forecasts and graphics of oil movement prepared by NOAA?s Emergency Response Division (ERD) and Marine Charting Division to keep mariners out of oil areas by depicting them on electronic charts.
  • NOAA restricted fishing in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico directly adjacent to the area closures enacted by Louisiana. The closure, which will be in effect for at least 10 days, is to protect consumers and the seafood industry. NOAA fisheries representatives will be meeting with fishermen this week to assist them. Further details can be found here: http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/.
NOAA?s Damage Assessment Remediation and Restoration Program (DARRP) is conducting a Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA). From past experience, NOAA is concerned about oil impacts to fish, shellfish, marine mammals, turtles, birds and other sensitive resources, as well as their habitats, including wetlands, mudflats, beaches, bottom sediments and the water column. Any lost uses of these resources, for example, fishery and beach closures, will also be evaluated. The focus currently is to assemble existing data on resources and their habitats and collect baseline (pre-spill impact) data. Data on oiled resources and habitats are also being collected. </AGL:CONTAINER>
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  • For NOAA media inquiries, please contact Keeley Belva at keeley.belva@noaa.gov or 301.713.3066.
  • For response-related inquiries, please phone the Joint Information Center (JIC) at 985.902.5231 or 985.902.5240.
  • To report oil on land, or for general community information, please phone 866.448.5816.
  • To report oiled or injured wildlife, please phone 866.557.1401.
  • To learn about volunteer opportunities in all areas and what training is required, please phone 866.448.5816.
  • To discuss spill related damage claims, please phone 800.440.0858.
  • BP is asking fishermen for their assistance in cleaning up the oil spill. BP is calling this the Vessel of Opportunities Program and through it, BP is looking to contract shrimp boats, oyster boats and other vessels for hire to deploy boom in the Gulf of Mexico. To learn more about the Vessel of Opportunity Program, fishermen should phone 281.366.5511.
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  • Deepwater Horizon Joint Information Center This site is providing information regarding the April 20 incident in the US Gulf of Mexico involving a Transocean drilling Rig Deep Water Horizon. The Horizon was engaged in drilling activity on behalf of BP at Mississippi Canyon Block 252, about 52 miles southeast of Venice, La. [leaves OR&R site]
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  • Deepwater Horizon Response on Facebook This site is providing information regarding the April 20 incident in the US Gulf of Mexico involving a Transocean drilling Rig Deepwater Horizon. [leaves OR&R site]
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  • Deepwater Horizon Response on Twitter This site is providing information regarding the April 20 incident in the US Gulf of Mexico involving a Transocean drilling Rig Deepwater Horizon. [leaves OR&R site]
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Re: NOAA update on Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Deepwater Horizon Incident, Gulf of Mexico
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As the nation?s leading scientific resource for oil spills, NOAA has been on the scene of the Deepwater Horizon spill from the start, providing coordinated scientific weather and biological response services to federal, state and local organizations. More
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Situation: Friday 07 May </AGL:CONTAINER>
<AGL:CONTAINER>The experimental containment dome was lowered to just above the sea floor today. The final positioning will be guided via sensors and video cameras to accurately position the structure. Once in position a mile-long riser pipe will be attached to pump oil to a waiting tank vessel. This piping effort may take several days. Meanwhile, response operations continue at more than a dozen command posts and field staging locations across the affected region. The unified command reports that more than 8,500 responders are working on the incident, and approximately 1.89 million gallons of oily liquid have been recovered. </AGL:CONTAINER>
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<AGL:CONTAINER>Overflight and shoreline surveys have found emulsified oil within the Breton National Wildlife Refuge. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service closed the Refuge today to allow personnel conducting cleanup operations and recovery efforts to work safely and efficiently.
NOAA modified the boundaries of the closed fishing area and is extending the fishing restriction until May 17. The federal and state governments have strong systems in place to test and monitor seafood safety, prohibit harvesting from affected areas, and keep oiled products out of the marketplace. NOAA Fisheries continues to work closely with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the states to ensure seafood safety, by assessing whether seafood is tainted or contaminated to levels that pose a risk to human health. NOAA will continue to evaluate the need for fisheries closures based on the evolving nature of the spill.
NOAA continues to track the floating oil with aircraft and satellite imagery. Twice daily, NOAA oceanographers continue to release updated trajectory maps showing the predicted trajectory of the oil slick. The latest trajectory forecast shows the oil slick generally centered over the leaking well, but spreading both west and east. NOAA efforts have included modeling the trajectory and extent of the oil; obtaining pre-impact samples, surveys, and baseline measurements; planning for open water and shoreline remediation; supporting the Unified Command as it analyzes new techniques for handling the spill; and starting Natural Resource Damage Assessments (NRDA). </AGL:CONTAINER>
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  • NOAA?s National Weather Service has created a special forecast for the incident area which you can access here: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/lix/
  • NOAA has 3 aircraft on-scene: a King Air specially equipped for photogrammetry and 2 Twin Otter aircraft one for marine mammal observations
  • The Coast Guard is using forecasts and graphics of oil movement prepared by NOAA?s Emergency Response Division (ERD) and Marine Charting Division to keep mariners out of oil areas by depicting them on electronic charts.
  • NOAA restricted fishing in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico directly adjacent to the area closures enacted by Louisiana. The closure, which will be in effect for at least 10 days, is to protect consumers and the seafood industry. NOAA fisheries representatives will be meeting with fishermen this week to assist them. Further details can be found here: http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/.
NOAA?s Damage Assessment Remediation and Restoration Program (DARRP) is conducting a Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA). From past experience, NOAA is concerned about oil impacts to fish, shellfish, marine mammals, turtles, birds and other sensitive resources, as well as their habitats, including wetlands, mudflats, beaches, bottom sediments and the water column. Any lost uses of these resources, for example, fishery and beach closures, will also be evaluated. The focus currently is to assemble existing data on resources and their habitats and collect baseline (pre-spill impact) data. Data on oiled resources and habitats are also being collected. </AGL:CONTAINER>
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<AGL:CONTAINER>Important Contacts </AGL:CONTAINER>


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  • For NOAA media inquiries, please contact Rachel Wilhelm at rachel.wilhelm@noaa.gov or 301.713.3066.
  • For response-related inquiries, please phone the Joint Information Center (JIC) at 985.902.5231 or 985.902.5240.
  • To report oil on land, or for general community information, please phone 866.448.5816.
  • To report oiled or injured wildlife, please phone 866.557.1401.
  • To learn about volunteer opportunities in all areas and what training is required, please phone 866.448.5816.
  • To discuss spill related damage claims, please phone 800.440.0858.
  • BP is asking fishermen for their assistance in cleaning up the oil spill. BP is calling this the Vessel of Opportunities Program and through it, BP is looking to contract shrimp boats, oyster boats and other vessels for hire to deploy boom in the Gulf of Mexico. To learn more about the Vessel of Opportunity Program, fishermen should phone 281.366.5511.
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  • Deepwater Horizon Joint Information Center This site is providing information regarding the April 20 incident in the US Gulf of Mexico involving a Transocean drilling Rig Deep Water Horizon. The Horizon was engaged in drilling activity on behalf of BP at Mississippi Canyon Block 252, about 52 miles southeast of Venice, La. [leaves OR&R site]
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  • Deepwater Horizon Response on Facebook This site is providing information regarding the April 20 incident in the US Gulf of Mexico involving a Transocean drilling Rig Deepwater Horizon. [leaves OR&R site]
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  • Deepwater Horizon Response on Twitter This site is providing information regarding the April 20 incident in the US Gulf of Mexico involving a Transocean drilling Rig Deepwater Horizon. [leaves OR&R site]
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Re: NOAA update on Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Deepwater Horizon Incident, Gulf of Mexico
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Situation: Saturday 08 May </AGL:CONTAINER>
<AGL:CONTAINER>The experimental containment dome was successfully positioned over the leaking riser pipe last night, but then had to be removed after a large volume of ice-like methane hydrate crystals accumulated inside of the structure. These crystal hydrates blocked the flow of oil and threatened to lift the dome off the sea floor. The 4-story containment structure now sits on the seafloor next to the leak while experts consider ways to solve this issue. The emergency relief well progress continues and a second well is planned to start next week. To date over 910,000 feet of boom have been placed, another 1.3 million feet have been staged, approximately 2.1 million gallons of oil and water mix have been recovered, and 290,000 gallons of dispersant have been applied to the spilled oil. </AGL:CONTAINER>
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<AGL:CONTAINER>NOAA continues to track the floating oil with aircraft and satellite imagery. Twice daily, NOAA oceanographers continue to release updated trajectory maps showing the predicted trajectory of the oil slick. Winds are forecast to have an easterly component from Sunday through Monday. Mississippi Delta, Breton Sound and Chandeleur Sound continue to be threatened by oil contact with shorelines throughout the forecast period. The westerly movement of the oil is expected to continue though the forecast period with the western edge nearing Atchafalaya Bay on Monday. NOAA efforts have included modeling the trajectory and extent of the oil; getting pre-impact samples, surveys, and baseline measurements; planning for open water and shoreline remediation; supporting the Unified Command as it analyzes new techniques for handling the spill; and starting Natural Resource Damage Assessments (NRDA). </AGL:CONTAINER>
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  • NOAA?s National Weather Service has created a special forecast for the incident area; see http://www.srh.noaa.gov/lix/
  • NOAA has 3 aircraft on-scene: a King Air specially equipped for photogrammetry and two Twin Otter aircraft, one for marine mammal observations
  • The Coast Guard is using forecasts and graphics of oil movement prepared by NOAA?s Emergency Response Division (ERD) and Marine Charting Division to keep mariners out of oil areas by depicting them on electronic charts.
  • NOAA has restricted fishing in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico directly adjacent to the area closures enacted by Louisiana. The closures are to protect consumers and the seafood industry. Further details can be found here: http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/.
NOAA?s Damage Assessment Remediation and Restoration Program (DARRP) is conducting a Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA). From past experience, NOAA is concerned about oil impacts to fish, shellfish, marine mammals, turtles, birds and other sensitive resources, as well as their habitats, including wetlands, mudflats, beaches, bottom sediments and the water column. Any lost uses of these resources, for example, fishery and beach closures, will also be evaluated. The focus currently is to assemble existing data on resources and their habitats and collect baseline (pre-spill impact) data. Data on oiled resources and habitats are also being collected. </AGL:CONTAINER>
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  • For NOAA media inquiries, please contact Rachel Wilhelm at rachel.wilhelm@noaa.gov or 301.713.3066.
  • For response-related inquiries, please phone the Joint Information Center (JIC) at 985.902.5231 or 985.902.5240.
  • To report oil on land, or for general community information, please phone 866.448.5816.
  • To report oiled or injured wildlife, please phone 866.557.1401.
  • To learn about volunteer opportunities in all areas and what training is required, please phone 866.448.5816.
  • To discuss spill related damage claims, please phone 800.440.0858.
  • BP is asking fishermen for their assistance in cleaning up the oil spill. BP is calling this the Vessel of Opportunities Program and through it, BP is looking to contract shrimp boats, oyster boats and other vessels for hire to deploy boom in the Gulf of Mexico. To learn more about the Vessel of Opportunity Program, fishermen should phone 281.366.5511.
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  • IncidentNews View the most up-to-date information on OR&R's IncidentNews site. [leaves OR&R site]
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  • Deepwater Horizon Joint Information Center This site is providing information regarding the April 20 incident in the US Gulf of Mexico involving a Transocean drilling Rig Deep Water Horizon. The Horizon was engaged in drilling activity on behalf of BP at Mississippi Canyon Block 252, about 52 miles southeast of Venice, La. Leaves NOAA for a non-government site [leaves OR&R site]
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  • Deepwater Horizon Response on Facebook This site is providing information regarding the April 20 incident in the US Gulf of Mexico involving a Transocean drilling Rig Deepwater Horizon. Leaves NOAA for a non-government site [leaves OR&R site]
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  • Deepwater Horizon Response on Twitter This site is providing information regarding the April 20 incident in the US Gulf of Mexico involving a Transocean drilling Rig Deepwater Horizon. Leaves NOAA for a non-government site [leaves OR&R site]
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Re: NOAA update on Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Deepwater Horizon Incident, Gulf of Mexico
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As the nation?s leading scientific resource for oil spills, NOAA has been on the scene of the Deepwater Horizon spill from the start, providing coordinated scientific weather and biological response services to federal, state and local organizations. More
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<AGL:CONTAINER>Updated daily
Situation: Sunday 09 May </AGL:CONTAINER>

<AGL:CONTAINER>BP continues to work on solving the problem of ice-like methane hydrate crystals that accumulated inside of the dome intended to capture the leaking oil. A process known as a ?junk shot?, in which debris is injected into the blow out preventer, is being examined. The drilling of the relief wells continues. The latest trajectory models indicate that the predicted persistent winds from the SE next week will continue to move oil westward. Weather today prevented in-situ burning but aerial and surface application of dispersants and skimming operations continued. Over 10,000 personnel are engaged in the response. </AGL:CONTAINER>
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<AGL:CONTAINER>NOAA continues to track the floating oil with aircraft and satellite imagery. Twice daily, NOAA oceanographers continue to release updated trajectory maps showing the predicted trajectory of the oil slick. Winds are forecast to have an easterly component from Sunday through Monday. Mississippi Delta, Breton Sound and Chandeleur Sound continue to be threatened by oil contact with shorelines throughout the forecast period. The westerly movement of the oil is expected to continue though the forecast period with the western edge nearing Atchafalaya Bay on Monday. NOAA efforts have included modeling the trajectory and extent of the oil; getting pre-impact samples, surveys, and baseline measurements; planning for open water and shoreline remediation; supporting the Unified Command as it analyzes new techniques for handling the spill; and starting Natural Resource Damage Assessments (NRDA). </AGL:CONTAINER>
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<AGL:CONTAINER>NOAA?s Damage Assessment Remediation and Restoration Program (DARRP) is conducting a Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA). From past experience, NOAA is concerned about oil impacts to fish, shellfish, marine mammals, turtles, birds and other sensitive resources, as well as their habitats, including wetlands, mudflats, beaches, bottom sediments and the water column. Any lost uses of these resources, for example, fishery and beach closures, will also be evaluated. The focus currently is to assemble existing data on resources and their habitats and collect baseline (pre-spill impact) data. Data on oiled resources and habitats are also being collected. </AGL:CONTAINER>
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  • For NOAA media inquiries, please contact Keeley Belva at keely.belva@noaa.gov or 301.713.3066.
  • For response-related inquiries, please phone the Joint Information Center (JIC) at 985.902.5231 or 985.902.5240.
  • To report oil on land, or for general community information, please phone 866.448.5816.
  • To report oiled or injured wildlife, please phone 866.557.1401.
  • To learn about volunteer opportunities in all areas and what training is required, please phone 866.448.5816.
  • To discuss spill related damage claims, please phone 800.440.0858.
  • BP is asking fishermen for their assistance in cleaning up the oil spill. BP is calling this the Vessel of Opportunities Program and through it, BP is looking to contract shrimp boats, oyster boats and other vessels for hire to deploy boom in the Gulf of Mexico. To learn more about the Vessel of Opportunity Program, fishermen should phone 281.366.5511.
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Re: NOAA update on Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

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As the nation?s leading scientific resource for oil spills, NOAA has been on the scene of the Deepwater Horizon spill from the start, providing coordinated scientific weather and biological response services to federal, state and local organizations. More
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<AGL:CONTAINER>Updated daily
Situation: Monday 10 May </AGL:CONTAINER>
<AGL:CONTAINER>Weather conditions today permitted aerial dispersant application but vessel skimming and in-situ burning operations were halted. Over 1.1 million feet of boom have been placed and drilling continues on the relief wells. Due to the complications with the first experimental containment dome an alternative structure is being developed. The alternative is called a ?top hat?. This structure plans to use warm water and methanol going down the riser to help prevent ice crystals from forming. Overflights today matched well with NOAA trajectory forecasts. The latest forecast indicates that SE winds will persist through the week and continue to move the oil westward. </AGL:CONTAINER>
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<AGL:CONTAINER>By the Numbers to Date: </AGL:CONTAINER>


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  • Personnel were quickly deployed and approximately 10,000 are currently responding to protect the shoreline and wildlife.
  • More than 290 vessels are responding on site, including skimmers, tugs, barges, and recovery vessels to assist in containment and cleanup efforts?in addition to dozens of aircraft, remotely operated vehicles, and multiple mobile offshore drilling units.
  • More than 1 million feet of boom (regular and sorbent) have been deployed to contain the spill?and more than 1.3 million feet are available.
  • Nearly 3.5 million gallons of an oil-water mix have been recovered.
  • Approximately 325,000 gallons of dispersant have been deployed. More than 500,000 gallons are available.
  • 14 staging areas have been set up to protect vital shoreline in all potentially affected Gulf Coast states (Biloxi, Miss., Pascagoula, Miss., Pensacola, Fla., Panama City, Fla., Dauphin Island, Ala., Grand Isle, La., Shell Beach, La., Slidell, La., Venice, La., Orange Beach, Al., Theodore, Al., Pass Christian, Ms., Amelia, La., and Cocodrie, La.).
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<AGL:CONTAINER>NOAA?s Damage Assessment Remediation and Restoration Program (DARRP) is conducting a Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA). From past experience, NOAA is concerned about oil impacts to fish, shellfish, marine mammals, turtles, birds and other sensitive resources, as well as their habitats, including wetlands, mudflats, beaches, bottom sediments and the water column. Any lost uses of these resources, for example, fishery and beach closures, will also be evaluated. The focus currently is to assemble existing data on resources and their habitats and collect baseline (pre-spill impact) data. Data on oiled resources and habitats are also being collected. </AGL:CONTAINER>
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<AGL:CONTAINER>Important Contacts </AGL:CONTAINER>
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  • For NOAA media inquiries, please contact Keeley Belva at keeley.belva@noaa.gov or 301.713.3066.
  • For response-related inquiries, please phone the Joint Information Center (JIC) at 985.902.5231 or 985.902.5240.
  • To report oil on land, or for general community information, please phone 866.448.5816.
  • To report oiled or injured wildlife, please phone 866.557.1401.
  • To learn about volunteer opportunities in all areas and what training is required, please phone 866.448.5816.
  • To discuss spill related damage claims, please phone 800.440.0858.
  • BP is asking fishermen for their assistance in cleaning up the oil spill. BP is calling this the Vessel of Opportunities Program and through it, BP is looking to contract shrimp boats, oyster boats and other vessels for hire to deploy boom in the Gulf of Mexico. To learn more about the Vessel of Opportunity Program, fishermen should phone 281.366.5511.
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  • Deepwater Horizon Joint Information Center This site is providing information regarding the April 20 incident in the US Gulf of Mexico involving a Transocean drilling Rig Deep Water Horizon. The Horizon was engaged in drilling activity on behalf of BP at Mississippi Canyon Block 252, about 52 miles southeast of Venice, La. Leaves NOAA for a non-government site [leaves OR&R site]
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  • Deepwater Horizon Response on Facebook This site is providing information regarding the April 20 incident in the US Gulf of Mexico involving a Transocean drilling Rig Deepwater Horizon. Leaves NOAA for a non-government site [leaves OR&R site]
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  • Deepwater Horizon Response on Twitter This site is providing information regarding the April 20 incident in the US Gulf of Mexico involving a Transocean drilling Rig Deepwater Horizon. Leaves NOAA for a non-government site [leaves OR&R site]
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Re: NOAA update on Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

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<AGL:CONTAINER>Updated daily
Situation: Tuesday 11 May </AGL:CONTAINER>

<AGL:CONTAINER>Today weather conditions prevented vessel skimming and in-situ burning operations, but overflights and SCAT teams were in the field. Sea conditions are expected to moderate over the course of the week and marine operations are expected to recommence. Also today, NOAA Fisheries announced modifications to the area closed to fishing in the Gulf of Mexico due to the Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill, which now will include federal waters seaward of Louisiana State waters in the vicinity of Timbalier Island, to waters off Florida?s Choctawhatchee Bay. These changes will leave more than 93 percent of the Gulf?s federal waters open for fishing, and supporting productive fisheries and tourism.
NASA mobilized its remote-sensing assets to help assess the spread and impact of the Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill at the request of U.S. disaster response agencies. NASA has deployed its instrumented research aircraft, the Earth Resources-2 (ER-2), to the Gulf. The agency is also making extra satellite observations and conducting
additional data processing to assist NOAA, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the Department of Homeland Security in monitoring the spill. NOAA is sending one of its top fisheries science directors to the Gulf this week to lead its effort to rapidly assess, test, and report findings about risks posed to fish in the Gulf of Mexico by contaminants from the
BP oil spill and clean-up activities. </AGL:CONTAINER>
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<AGL:CONTAINER>Response to date </AGL:CONTAINER>


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  • Personnel were quickly deployed and approximately 13,000 are currently responding to protect the shoreline and wildlife.
  • More than 460 vessels are responding on-site, including skimmers, tugs, barges, and recovery vessels to assist in containment and cleanup efforts?in addition to dozens of aircraft, remotely operated vehicles, and multiple mobile offshore drilling units.
  • Approximately 1.4 million feet of boom (regular and sorbent) have been deployed to contain the spill?and approximately 1.4 million feet are available.
  • Approximately 3.6 million gallons of an oil-water mix have been recovered.
  • Approximately 372,000 gallons of dispersant have been deployed.
  • More than 180,000 gallons are available.
  • 14 staging areas have been set up to protect vital shoreline in all potentially affected Gulf Coast states (Biloxi, Miss., Pascagoula, Miss., Pensacola, Fla., Panama City, Fla., Dauphin Island, Ala., Grand Isle, La., Shell Beach, La., Slidell, La., Venice, La., Orange Beach, Al., Theodore, Al., Pass Christian, Ms., Amelia, La., and Cocodrie, La.).
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<AGL:CONTAINER>NOAA?s Damage Assessment Remediation and Restoration Program (DARRP) is conducting a Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA). From past experience, NOAA is concerned about oil impacts to fish, shellfish, marine mammals, turtles, birds and other sensitive resources, as well as their habitats, including wetlands, mudflats, beaches, bottom sediments and the water column. Any lost uses of these resources, for example, fishery and beach closures, will also be evaluated. The focus currently is to assemble existing data on resources and their habitats and collect baseline (pre-spill impact) data. Data on oiled resources and habitats are also being collected. </AGL:CONTAINER>
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<AGL:CONTAINER>Important Contacts </AGL:CONTAINER>


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  • For NOAA media inquiries, please contact Keeley Belva at keeley.belva@noaa.gov or 301.713.3066.
  • For response-related inquiries, please phone the Joint Information Center (JIC) at 985.902.5231 or 985.902.5240.
  • To report oil on land, or for general community information, please phone 866.448.5816.
  • To report oiled or injured wildlife, please phone 866.557.1401.
  • To learn about volunteer opportunities in all areas and what training is required, please phone 866.448.5816.
  • To discuss spill related damage claims, please phone 800.440.0858.
  • BP is asking fishermen for their assistance in cleaning up the oil spill. BP is calling this the Vessel of Opportunities Program and through it, BP is looking to contract shrimp boats, oyster boats and other vessels for hire to deploy boom in the Gulf of Mexico. To learn more about the Vessel of Opportunity Program, fishermen should phone 281.366.5511.
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  • IncidentNews View the most up-to-date information on OR&R's IncidentNews site. [leaves OR&R site]
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  • Deepwater Horizon Joint Information Center This site is providing information regarding the April 20 incident in the US Gulf of Mexico involving a Transocean drilling Rig Deep Water Horizon. The Horizon was engaged in drilling activity on behalf of BP at Mississippi Canyon Block 252, about 52 miles southeast of Venice, La. Leaves NOAA for a non-government site [leaves OR&R site]
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  • Deepwater Horizon Response on Facebook This site is providing information regarding the April 20 incident in the US Gulf of Mexico involving a Transocean drilling Rig Deepwater Horizon. Leaves NOAA for a non-government site [leaves OR&R site]
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  • Deepwater Horizon Response on Twitter This site is providing information regarding the April 20 incident in the US Gulf of Mexico involving a Transocean drilling Rig Deepwater Horizon. Leaves NOAA for a non-government site [leaves OR&R site]
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Re: NOAA update on Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Deepwater Horizon Incident, Gulf of Mexico
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<AGL:CONTAINER>Updated daily
Situation: Wednesday 12 May </AGL:CONTAINER>

<AGL:CONTAINER>Today, Dr. Jane Lubchenco, Administrator of NOAA, participated in a media briefing on the use of dispersants with EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, Dave Westerholm, the Director of NOAA?s Office of Response and Restoration, and others.
Mary Glackin, Deputy Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere; Buck Sutter, Gulf of Mexico Regional Team Lead, National Marine Fisheries Service; and David Kennedy, the acting Assistant Administrator for NOAA's Ocean Service are confirmed to attend three EPA sessions scheduled Wednesday and Thursday in various regions in the Gulf. These meetings are designed to bring together local leaders and community members with federal representatives from NOAA, Department of Interior, Department of Labor, Health and Human Services, Department of Homeland Security and the Coast Guard to discuss meaningful solutions and strategies to work together to address the spill.
Dr. Larry Robinson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere at NOAA and David Kennedy visited the <ACRONYM title="Joint Information Center">JIC</ACRONYM> in Robert, Louisiana today and will remain in Louisiana for another day or two. Oil continues to spread with winds and currents. With the persistent SE winds this week, the oil may pose a threat to Breton Sound and the Mississippi Delta. </AGL:CONTAINER>
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<AGL:CONTAINER>Response to date </AGL:CONTAINER>


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  • Total response vessels: more than 517
  • Boom deployed: more than 1.5 million feet (regular plus sorbent boom)
  • Boom available: more than 1.4 million feet (regular plus sorbent boom)
  • Oily water recovered: approximately 4 million gallons
  • Dispersant used: approximately 436,246 gallons
  • Dispersant available: approximately 120,00 gallons
  • Overall personnel responding: approximately 13,000
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<AGL:CONTAINER>NOAA?s Damage Assessment Remediation and Restoration Program (DARRP) is conducting a Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA). From past experience, NOAA is concerned about oil impacts to fish, shellfish, marine mammals, turtles, birds and other sensitive resources, as well as their habitats, including wetlands, mudflats, beaches, bottom sediments and the water column. Any lost uses of these resources, for example, fishery and beach closures, will also be evaluated. The focus currently is to assemble existing data on resources and their habitats and collect baseline (pre-spill impact) data. Data on oiled resources and habitats are also being collected. </AGL:CONTAINER>
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<AGL:CONTAINER>Important Contacts </AGL:CONTAINER>


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  • For NOAA media inquiries, please contact Keeley Belva at keeley.belva@noaa.gov or 301.713.3066.
  • For response-related inquiries, please phone the Joint Information Center (JIC) at 985.902.5231 or 985.902.5240.
  • To report oil on land, or for general community information, please phone 866.448.5816.
  • To report oiled or injured wildlife, please phone 866.557.1401.
  • To learn about volunteer opportunities in all areas and what training is required, please phone 866.448.5816.
  • To discuss spill related damage claims, please phone 800.440.0858.
  • BP is asking fishermen for their assistance in cleaning up the oil spill. BP is calling this the Vessel of Opportunities Program and through it, BP is looking to contract shrimp boats, oyster boats and other vessels for hire to deploy boom in the Gulf of Mexico. To learn more about the Vessel of Opportunity Program, fishermen should phone 281.366.5511.
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  • Deepwater Horizon Joint Information Center This site is providing information regarding the April 20 incident in the US Gulf of Mexico involving a Transocean drilling Rig Deep Water Horizon. The Horizon was engaged in drilling activity on behalf of BP at Mississippi Canyon Block 252, about 52 miles southeast of Venice, La. Leaves NOAA for a non-government site [leaves OR&R site]
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  • Deepwater Horizon Response on Facebook This site is providing information regarding the April 20 incident in the US Gulf of Mexico involving a Transocean drilling Rig Deepwater Horizon. Leaves NOAA for a non-government site [leaves OR&R site]
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  • Deepwater Horizon Response on Twitter This site is providing information regarding the April 20 incident in the US Gulf of Mexico involving a Transocean drilling Rig Deepwater Horizon. Leaves NOAA for a non-government site [leaves OR&R site]
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Re: NOAA update on Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Deepwater Horizon Incident, Gulf of Mexico
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<AGL:CONTAINER>Updated daily
Situation: Thursday 13 May </AGL:CONTAINER>

<AGL:CONTAINER>Today, David Kennedy, acting Assistant Administrator for NOAA?s National Ocean Service joined EPA at a community listening session in Houma, Louisiana while Dr. Larry Robinson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere at NOAA received operational updates on Shoreline Clean-up and Assessment Team activities on Dauphin Island, Alabama, at the incident command center in Mobile. Also today, Mary Glackin, Deputy Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere at NOAA participated in a federal agency community information session in Port Sulphur, Louisiana. Mary Glackin also conducted an overflight of the oil spill.
All ports in the area are open. Winds are expected to continue into the weekend with scattered thunderstorms, and isolated rain Monday and Tuesday. A cold front is expected in about a week. NOAA?s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science and NOAA Fisheries Southeast Fisheries Science Center are conducting bottlenose dolphin studies in Mississippi and Louisiana. The samples will be used to evaluate baseline levels of exposure to oil and other environmental contaminants. The team will be working near Grand Isle, Louisiana, and in Mississippi Sound. Fish and shrimp are being monitored in the closed areas. </AGL:CONTAINER>
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<AGL:CONTAINER>Response to date </AGL:CONTAINER>


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  • Total response vessels: 526
  • Containment boom deployed: over 1.1 million feet
  • Containment boom available: over 300,000 feet
  • Sorbent boom deployed: over 320,000 feet
  • Sorbent boom available: over 850,000 feet
  • Boom deployed: over 1.4 million feet (regular plus sorbent and fire boom)
  • Boom available: over 1 million feet (regular plus sorbent and fire boom)
  • Oily water recovered: more than 5 million gallons
  • Dispersant used: over 475,000 gallons
  • Dispersant available: more than 215,000 gallons
  • Overall personnel responding: more than 13,000
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<AGL:CONTAINER>NOAA?s Damage Assessment Remediation and Restoration Program (DARRP) is conducting a Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA). From past experience, NOAA is concerned about oil impacts to fish, shellfish, marine mammals, turtles, birds and other sensitive resources, as well as their habitats, including wetlands, mudflats, beaches, bottom sediments and the water column. Any lost uses of these resources, for example, fishery and beach closures, will also be evaluated. The focus currently is to assemble existing data on resources and their habitats and collect baseline (pre-spill impact) data. Data on oiled resources and habitats are also being collected. </AGL:CONTAINER>
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<AGL:CONTAINER>Important Contacts </AGL:CONTAINER>


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  • For NOAA media inquiries, please contact Keeley Belva at keeley.belva@noaa.gov or 301.713.3066.
  • For response-related inquiries, please phone the Joint Information Center (JIC) at 985.902.5231 or 985.902.5240.
  • To report oil on land, or for general community information, please phone 866.448.5816.
  • To report oiled or injured wildlife, please phone 866.557.1401.
  • To learn about volunteer opportunities in all areas and what training is required, please phone 866.448.5816.
  • To discuss spill related damage claims, please phone 800.440.0858.
  • BP is asking fishermen for their assistance in cleaning up the oil spill. BP is calling this the Vessel of Opportunities Program and through it, BP is looking to contract shrimp boats, oyster boats and other vessels for hire to deploy boom in the Gulf of Mexico. To learn more about the Vessel of Opportunity Program, fishermen should phone 281.366.5511.
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Re: NOAA update on Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

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As the nation?s leading scientific resource for oil spills, NOAA has been on the scene of the Deepwater Horizon spill from the start, providing coordinated scientific weather and biological response services to federal, state and local organizations. More
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<AGL:CONTAINER>Updated daily
Situation: Friday 14 May </AGL:CONTAINER>

<AGL:CONTAINER>NOAA continues to provide scientific support including: modeling the trajectory and location of the oil, getting pre-impact shoreline samples surveys and baseline measurements, and planning for open water and shoreline remediation.
NOAA?s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science and NOAA Fisheries Southeast Fisheries Science Center are conducting bottlenose dolphin studies in Mississippi and Louisiana. The samples will be used to evaluate baseline levels of exposure to oil and other environmental contaminants. The team is working near Grand Isle, La., and in Mississippi Sound.
The NOAA Research funded cruise of the R/V PELICAN is back at the spill site with six scientists from National Institute for Undersea Science and Technology. Scientists are currently engaged in two efforts to learn more about subsurface oil.
NOAA Shoreline Cleanup and Assessment Teams (SCAT) surveyed 19 miles of Dauphin Island, Ala., and the Jackson County shoreline with minimal tarball findings. An additional five teams were deployed to Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge (Ala.) to recover tarballs.
NOAA also flew missions for marine mammal surveys, coastal photography and mapping purposes. Today NOAA Modified Commercial and Recreational Fishing Closure in the Oil-Affected Portions of the Gulf of Mexico -- All commercial and recreational fishing including catch and release is prohibited in the closed area; however, transit through the area is allowed. </AGL:CONTAINER>
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  • Total response vessels: 559
  • Containment Boom deployed: over 1.2 million feet
  • Containment boom available: nearly 200,000 feet
  • Sorbent boom deployed: over 385,000 feet
  • Sorbent boom available: over 870,000 feet
  • Boom deployed: over 1.5 million feet (regular plus sorbent and fire boom)
  • Boom available: over 1 million feet (regular plus sorbent and boom)
  • Oily water recovered: more than 6 million gallons
  • Dispersant used: over 517,000 gallon
  • Dispersant available: more than 250,000 gallons
  • Overall personnel responding: more than 17,000
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<AGL:CONTAINER>NOAA?s Damage Assessment Remediation and Restoration Program (DARRP) is conducting a Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA). From past experience, NOAA is concerned about oil impacts to fish, shellfish, marine mammals, turtles, birds and other sensitive resources, as well as their habitats, including wetlands, mudflats, beaches, bottom sediments and the water column. Any lost uses of these resources, for example, fishery and beach closures, will also be evaluated. The focus currently is to assemble existing data on resources and their habitats and collect baseline (pre-spill impact) data. Data on oiled resources and habitats are also being collected. </AGL:CONTAINER>
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<AGL:CONTAINER>Important Contacts </AGL:CONTAINER>


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  • For NOAA media inquiries, please contact nos.media@noaa.gov or 301.713.3066.
  • For response-related inquiries, please phone the Joint Information Center (JIC) at 985.902.5231 or 985.902.5240.
  • To report oil on land, or for general community information, please phone 866.448.5816.
  • To report oiled or injured wildlife, please phone 866.557.1401.
  • To learn about volunteer opportunities in all areas and what training is required, please phone 866.448.5816.
  • To discuss spill related damage claims, please phone 800.440.0858.
  • BP is asking fishermen for their assistance in cleaning up the oil spill. BP is calling this the Vessel of Opportunities Program and through it, BP is looking to contract shrimp boats, oyster boats and other vessels for hire to deploy boom in the Gulf of Mexico. To learn more about the Vessel of Opportunity Program, fishermen should phone 281.366.5511.
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  • Deepwater Horizon Joint Information Center This site is providing information regarding the April 20 incident in the US Gulf of Mexico involving a Transocean drilling Rig Deep Water Horizon. The Horizon was engaged in drilling activity on behalf of BP at Mississippi Canyon Block 252, about 52 miles southeast of Venice, La. Leaves NOAA for a non-government site [leaves OR&R site]
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  • Deepwater Horizon Response on Facebook This site is providing information regarding the April 20 incident in the US Gulf of Mexico involving a Transocean drilling Rig Deepwater Horizon. Leaves NOAA for a non-government site [leaves OR&R site]
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  • Deepwater Horizon Response on Twitter This site is providing information regarding the April 20 incident in the US Gulf of Mexico involving a Transocean drilling Rig Deepwater Horizon. Leaves NOAA for a non-government site [leaves OR&R site]
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Re: NOAA update on Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

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As the nation?s leading scientific resource for oil spills, NOAA has been on the scene of the Deepwater Horizon spill from the start, providing coordinated scientific weather and biological response services to federal, state and local organizations. More
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<AGL:CONTAINER>Updated daily
Situation: Saturday 15 May </AGL:CONTAINER>

<AGL:CONTAINER>NOAA continues to provide scientific support including: modeling the trajectory and location of the oil, conducting shoreline oil assessment surveys, conducting oil chemistry analyses and evaluating open water and shoreline remediation techniques.
Undersea dispersant application resumed this morning and BP is doing continuous testing. If tests reveal something we are concerned about the dispersant application will be stopped.
Skimming and in-situ burning was planned but postponed until the weather is more moderate. Aerial dispersant application did take place.
Tarballs were reported west of Galveston, Texas to the Florida panhandle. Testing already underway has shown some tarballs to be from this spill and others not. As of today, 1.6 million feet of boom have been deployed, and all the ports remain open. Over 11,000 people were working on the response today. </AGL:CONTAINER>
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<AGL:CONTAINER>NOAA?s Damage Assessment Remediation and Restoration Program (DARRP) is conducting a Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA). From past experience, NOAA is concerned about oil impacts to fish, shellfish, marine mammals, turtles, birds and other sensitive resources, as well as their habitats, including wetlands, mudflats, beaches, bottom sediments and the water column. Any lost uses of these resources, for example, fishery and beach closures, will also be evaluated. The focus currently is to assemble existing data on resources and their habitats and collect baseline (pre-spill impact) data. Data on oiled resources and habitats are also being collected. </AGL:CONTAINER>
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<AGL:CONTAINER>Important Contacts </AGL:CONTAINER>
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  • For NOAA media inquiries, please contact nos.media@noaa.gov or 301.713.3066.
  • For response-related inquiries, please phone the Joint Information Center (JIC) at 985.902.5231 or 985.902.5240.
  • To report oil on land, or for general community information, please phone 866.448.5816.
  • To report oiled or injured wildlife, please phone 866.557.1401.
  • To learn about volunteer opportunities in all areas and what training is required, please phone 866.448.5816.
  • To discuss spill related damage claims, please phone 800.440.0858.
  • BP is asking fishermen for their assistance in cleaning up the oil spill. BP is calling this the Vessel of Opportunities Program and through it, BP is looking to contract shrimp boats, oyster boats and other vessels for hire to deploy boom in the Gulf of Mexico. To learn more about the Vessel of Opportunity Program, fishermen should phone 281.366.5511.
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  • Deepwater Horizon Joint Information Center This site is providing information regarding the April 20 incident in the US Gulf of Mexico involving a Transocean drilling Rig Deep Water Horizon. The Horizon was engaged in drilling activity on behalf of BP at Mississippi Canyon Block 252, about 52 miles southeast of Venice, La. Leaves NOAA for a non-government site [leaves OR&R site]
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  • Deepwater Horizon Response on Facebook This site is providing information regarding the April 20 incident in the US Gulf of Mexico involving a Transocean drilling Rig Deepwater Horizon. Leaves NOAA for a non-government site [leaves OR&R site]
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  • Deepwater Horizon Response on Twitter This site is providing information regarding the April 20 incident in the US Gulf of Mexico involving a Transocean drilling Rig Deepwater Horizon. Leaves NOAA for a non-government site [leaves OR&R site]
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Re: NOAA update on Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Deepwater Horizon Incident, Gulf of Mexico
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As the nation?s leading scientific resource for oil spills, NOAA has been on the scene of the Deepwater Horizon spill from the start, providing coordinated scientific weather and biological response services to federal, state and local organizations. More
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<AGL:CONTAINER>Updated daily
Situation: Sunday 16 May

Riser Insertion Tube Leak Mitigation Tactic is Tested </AGL:CONTAINER>

<AGL:CONTAINER>The Unified Area Command reports that overnight the Riser Insertion Tube Tool was successfully tested and inserted into the leaking riser, capturing some amounts of oil and gas. The oil was stored on board the Discoverer Enterprise drill ship 5,000 feet above on the water?s surface, and natural gas was burned through a flare system on board the ship.


The test was halted temporarily when the tube was dislodged, but technicians have fully inspected the system and have re-inserted the tool. While not collecting all of the leaking oil, this tool is an important step in reducing the amount of oil being released into Gulf waters.
Secretary Salazar and Secretary Napolitano issued a joint statement on these efforts: "Today, BP attempted another test to contain some of the oil leaking from the riser. This technique is not a solution to the problem, and it is not yet clear how successful it may be. We are closely monitoring BP?s test with the hope that it will contain some of the oil, but at the same time, federal scientists are continuing to provide oversight and expertise to BP as they move forward with other strategies to contain the spill and stop the flow of oil. We will not rest until BP permanently seals the wellhead, the spill is cleaned up, and the communities and natural resources of the Gulf Coast are restored and made whole."
Aerial Dispersant Observer Training NOAA?s Office of Response and Restoration conducted aerial dispersant observer training today. The training will prepare flight crews to identify the heaviest bands of oil and other features to improve the effectiveness of dispersant sorties. </AGL:CONTAINER>
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<AGL:CONTAINER>Response to date </AGL:CONTAINER>


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  • Personnel were quickly deployed and more than 19,000 are currently responding to protect the shoreline and wildlife.
  • More than 650 vessels are responding on site, including skimmers, tugs, barges, and recovery vessels to assist in containment and cleanup efforts?in addition to dozens of aircraft, remotely operated vehicles, and multiple mobile offshore drilling units.
  • More than 1.25 million feet of containment boom and 440,000 feet of sorbent boom have been deployed to contain the spill?and approximately 285,000 feet of containment boom and 900,000 feet of sorbent boom are available.
  • Approximately 6.3 million gallons of an oil-water mix have been recovered.
  • Approximately 600,000 gallons of dispersant have been deployed. More than 280,000 gallons are available.
  • 17 staging areas are in place and ready to protect sensitive shorelines, including: Dauphin Island, Ala., Orange Beach, Ala., Theodore, Ala., Panama City, Fla., Pensacola, Fla., Port St. Joe, Fla., St. Marks, Fla., Amelia, La., Cocodrie, La., Grand Isle, La., Shell Beach, La., Slidell, La., St. Mary, La.; Venice, La., Biloxi, Miss., Pascagoula, Miss., and Pass Christian, Miss.
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<AGL:CONTAINER>NOAA?s Damage Assessment Remediation and Restoration Program (DARRP) is conducting a Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA). From past experience, NOAA is concerned about oil impacts to fish, shellfish, marine mammals, turtles, birds and other sensitive resources, as well as their habitats, including wetlands, mudflats, beaches, bottom sediments and the water column. Any lost uses of these resources, for example, fishery and beach closures, will also be evaluated. The focus currently is to assemble existing data on resources and their habitats and collect baseline (pre-spill impact) data. Data on oiled resources and habitats are also being collected. </AGL:CONTAINER>
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<AGL:CONTAINER>Important Contacts </AGL:CONTAINER>


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  • For NOAA media inquiries, please contact nos.media@noaa.gov or 301.713.3066.
  • For response-related inquiries, please phone the Joint Information Center (JIC) at 985.902.5231 or 985.902.5240.
  • To report oil on land, or for general community information, please phone 866.448.5816.
  • To report oiled or injured wildlife, please phone 866.557.1401.
  • To learn about volunteer opportunities in all areas and what training is required, please phone 866.448.5816.
  • To discuss spill related damage claims, please phone 800.440.0858.
  • BP is asking fishermen for their assistance in cleaning up the oil spill. BP is calling this the Vessel of Opportunities Program and through it, BP is looking to contract shrimp boats, oyster boats and other vessels for hire to deploy boom in the Gulf of Mexico. To learn more about the Vessel of Opportunity Program, fishermen should phone 281.366.5511.
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  • IncidentNews View the most up-to-date information on OR&R's IncidentNews site. [leaves OR&R site]
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  • Deepwater Horizon Joint Information Center This site is providing information regarding the April 20 incident in the US Gulf of Mexico involving a Transocean drilling Rig Deep Water Horizon. The Horizon was engaged in drilling activity on behalf of BP at Mississippi Canyon Block 252, about 52 miles southeast of Venice, La. Leaves NOAA for a non-government site [leaves OR&R site]
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  • Deepwater Horizon Response on Facebook This site is providing information regarding the April 20 incident in the US Gulf of Mexico involving a Transocean drilling Rig Deepwater Horizon. Leaves NOAA for a non-government site [leaves OR&R site]
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  • Deepwater Horizon Response on Twitter This site is providing information regarding the April 20 incident in the US Gulf of Mexico involving a Transocean drilling Rig Deepwater Horizon. Leaves NOAA for a non-government site [leaves OR&R site]
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Re: NOAA update on Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Deepwater Horizon Incident, Gulf of Mexico
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As the nation?s leading scientific resource for oil spills, NOAA has been on the scene of the Deepwater Horizon spill from the start, providing coordinated scientific weather and biological response services to federal, state and local organizations. More
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<AGL:CONTAINER>Updated daily
Situation: Monday 17 May </AGL:CONTAINER>

<AGL:CONTAINER>Rear Admiral Landry helped share the news about the successful riser insertion over the weekend that BP is saying is producing oil from the riser. Landry also said it was going to be a good week for continuing to fight the oil spill at sea. The weather is good for controlled burns, dispersants at the surface and subsea and the Mississippi River is high and pushing the oil back out into the Gulf.

A meeting is planned with federal wildlife experts who will discuss the latest numbers of wildlife that may have been affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the potential for broader ecosystem impacts, as well as the ongoing response efforts to protect the Gulf of Mexico?s national wildlife refuges, national parks and species.

NOAA activities
  • NOAA spill specialists continue to advise the U.S. Coast Guard on cleanup options as well as advising all affected federal, state and local partners on sensitive marine resources at risk in this area of the Gulf of Mexico.
  • NOAA is predicting the oil spill?s trajectory and the path of the layers of oil floating on the surface. NOAA experts are conducting aerial surveys to update trajectory maps and visually track the movement of the spill.
  • NOAA?s National Weather Service is providing regular weather forecasts to a joint federal command center in Louisiana to facilitate operations planning and response efforts
  • For current information on fishery closures, please visit the NOAA Fisheries Southeast Fisheries Science Center website at: http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/deepwater_horizon_oil_spill.htm
  • NOAA is conducting a natural resource damage assessment and the focus currently is to assemble existing data on resources and their habitats and collect baseline (or pre-spill impact) data. Data on oiled resources and habitats are also being collected.
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  • Total response vessels: 559
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Containment Boom deployed: over 1.2 million feet

  • Containment boom available: nearly 200,000 feet

  • Sorbent boom deployed: over 385,000 feet
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Sorbent boom available: over 870,000 feet

  • Boom deployed: over 1.5 million feet (regular plus sorbent and fire boom)
  • Boom available: over 1 million feet (regular plus sorbent and boom)
  • Oily water recovered: more than 6 million gallons
  • Dispersant used: over 517,000 gallon

  • Dispersant available: more than 250,000 gallons

  • Overall personnel responding: more than 17,000
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<AGL:CONTAINER>NOAA?s Damage Assessment Remediation and Restoration Program (DARRP) is conducting a Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA). From past experience, NOAA is concerned about oil impacts to fish, shellfish, marine mammals, turtles, birds and other sensitive resources, as well as their habitats, including wetlands, mudflats, beaches, bottom sediments and the water column. Any lost uses of these resources, for example, fishery and beach closures, will also be evaluated. The focus currently is to assemble existing data on resources and their habitats and collect baseline (pre-spill impact) data. Data on oiled resources and habitats are also being collected. </AGL:CONTAINER>
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<AGL:CONTAINER>Important Contacts </AGL:CONTAINER>


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  • For NOAA media inquiries, please contact nos.media@noaa.gov or 301.713.3066.
  • For response-related inquiries, please phone the Joint Information Center (JIC) at 985.902.5231 or 985.902.5240.
  • To report oil on land, or for general community information, please phone 866.448.5816.
  • To report oiled or injured wildlife, please phone 866.557.1401.
  • To learn about volunteer opportunities in all areas and what training is required, please phone 866.448.5816.
  • To discuss spill related damage claims, please phone 800.440.0858.
  • BP is asking fishermen for their assistance in cleaning up the oil spill. BP is calling this the Vessel of Opportunities Program and through it, BP is looking to contract shrimp boats, oyster boats and other vessels for hire to deploy boom in the Gulf of Mexico. To learn more about the Vessel of Opportunity Program, fishermen should phone 281.366.5511.
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  • IncidentNews View the most up-to-date information on OR&R's IncidentNews site. [leaves OR&R site]
</TD></TR><TR><TD>
</TD></TR><TR><TD>
  • Deepwater Horizon Joint Information Center This site is providing information regarding the April 20 incident in the US Gulf of Mexico involving a Transocean drilling Rig Deep Water Horizon. The Horizon was engaged in drilling activity on behalf of BP at Mississippi Canyon Block 252, about 52 miles southeast of Venice, La. Leaves NOAA for a non-government site [leaves OR&R site]
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  • Deepwater Horizon Response on Facebook This site is providing information regarding the April 20 incident in the US Gulf of Mexico involving a Transocean drilling Rig Deepwater Horizon. Leaves NOAA for a non-government site [leaves OR&R site]
</TD></TR><TR><TD>
  • Deepwater Horizon Response on Twitter This site is providing information regarding the April 20 incident in the US Gulf of Mexico involving a Transocean drilling Rig Deepwater Horizon. Leaves NOAA for a non-government site [leaves OR&R site]
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Re: NOAA update on Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Deepwater Horizon Incident, Gulf of Mexico
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As the nation?s leading scientific resource for oil spills, NOAA has been on the scene of the Deepwater Horizon spill from the start, providing coordinated scientific weather and biological response services to federal, state and local organizations. More
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<AGL:CONTAINER>Updated daily
Situation: Tuesday 18 May </AGL:CONTAINER>

<AGL:CONTAINER>Fishery closures
NOAA extended the boundaries of the closed fishing area in the Gulf into the northern portion of the loop current as a precautionary measure to ensure seafood from the Gulf will remain safe for consumers. The closed area is now slightly less than 19 percent of the Gulf of Mexico federal waters.
Loop Current

Dr. Jane Lubchenco, NOAA Administrator, spoke today at a press briefing on the subject of the Loop current. Dr. Lubchenco's remarks are summarized below:
  • The Loop Current is an area of warm water that comes up from the Caribbean, flowing past the Yucatan Peninsula and into the Gulf of Mexico. From there, it generally curves east across the Gulf and then flows south parallel to the west coast of Florida. As it flows between Florida and Cuba it becomes the Florida Current which moves through the Florida Straits, where it finally joins the Gulf Stream to travel up the Atlantic Coast.
  • Both the location of the Loop Current and location of the oil slick are dynamic. Both move around from day to day. The present location of the oil is identified daily through analysis of satellite imagery, observer overflights with helicopters and fixed wing aircraft, as well as advanced sensing technology on aircraft.
  • Satellite imagery on May 17 indicates that the main bulk of the oil is dozens of miles away from the Loop Current, but that a tendril of light oil has been transported down close to the Loop Current. NOAA is conducting aerial observations today to determine with certainty whether oil has actually entered the Loop Current.
  • NOAA conducts aerial observations every day to observe the plume from the air. These observations help develop NOAA?s trajectory models. Additionally today, the NOAA P-3 research aircraft will be dropping sensors to get better observations of the location of the loop current.
  • The proximity of the South East tendril of oil to the Loop Current indicates that oil is increasingly likely to become entrained. When that occurs, oil could reach the Florida Straits in 8 to 10 days.
  • Once entrained in the Loop Current, persistent onshore winds and/or the oil getting into an eddy on the edge of the Loop Current would be required to bring the oil onto the Florida shoreline.
  • During this transit time, the natural processes of evaporation and dispersion would reduce the oil volume significantly. The remaining oil could be composed of long strips of emulsified oil and mostly as ?tar balls?.
  • The Loop Current is dynamic. At present, at the top end of the Loop Current there is a counter-clockwise eddy. Thus, some amount of any oil drawn into the Loop Current would likely remain in the eddy, heading to the northeast, and some would enter the main Loop Current, where it might eventually head to the Florida Strait.
  • NOAA will continue to closely monitor this portion of the oil over the next days to weeks. I emphasize that the bulk of the oil remains well to the north of the Loop Current, near the well site and towards the west and northwest from there. Currently only the southern tip of the slick, consisting of sheens and potentially unobserved tarballs, is in the vicinity of the Loop Current.
  • In response to the possibility oil entering the Loop Current, NOAA is acting with an abundance of caution and announcing an expansion of the fisheries closure area at 12 PM today. The revised closure will be effective at 6 PM this evening and is just over 45,000 square miles, or just about 19% of federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico. Details will be available on our homepage, noaa.gov.
  • The expansion of the fishing closure is one part of a pro-active stance that NOAA is taking to ensure public and seafood safety. To ensure the safety of seafood harvested from the Gulf of Mexico, NOAA is working with the Food and Drug Administration to re-align its assets to implement a broad-scaled seafood sampling plan. The plan includes sampling seafood from inside and outside of the closure area, as well as dockside and market-based sampling. Also, NOAA is increasing its monitoring of the biological implications of oil and dispersants.
  • State Governors and International colleagues have been alerted of the closure area expansion and the joint NOAA/FDA seafood sampling plan.
  • We have also created a virtual Incident Command Center in St. Petersburg, Fla., that is ready to engage quickly when needed.
  • There is no indication yet whether the oil might impact another country. We will notify and consult other nations as appropriate. The United States and Mexico are currently sharing information under the MEXUS Plan, a bilateral agreement on pollution incidents in coastal waters.
  • NOAA is engaging experts within and outside government to develop long-term oil movement forecasts. Predicting where the oil may go if the release continues allows for adequate response measures and resources to be placed in appropriate locations.
  • From the onset, the federal response has been aggressive, strategic and science-based. This oil spill is unprecedented and dynamic. As situations change and we gain new information, we will continue to reevaluate our response strategies, actions, and planning.
  • NOAA stands shoulder to shoulder with Gulf communities during these challenging times.

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  • Total response vessels: 950
  • Containment Boom deployed: over 1.36 million feet

  • Containment boom available: nearly 350,000 feet

  • Sorbent boom deployed: over 480,000 feet
  • Sorbent boom available: over 800,000 feet

  • Boom deployed: over 1.8 million feet (regular plus sorbent boom)
  • Boom available: over 1.15 million feet (regular plus sorbent boom)
  • Oily water recovered: more than 7.65 million gallons
  • Dispersant used: over 590,000 gallon
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  • Dispersant available: more than 300,000 gallons

  • Overall personnel responding: more than 20,000
  • 17 staging areas are in place and ready to protect sensitive shorelines
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<AGL:CONTAINER>NOAA?s Damage Assessment Remediation and Restoration Program (DARRP) is conducting a Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA). From past experience, NOAA is concerned about oil impacts to fish, shellfish, marine mammals, turtles, birds and other sensitive resources, as well as their habitats, including wetlands, mudflats, beaches, bottom sediments and the water column. Any lost uses of these resources, for example, fishery and beach closures, will also be evaluated. The focus currently is to assemble existing data on resources and their habitats and collect baseline (pre-spill impact) data. Data on oiled resources and habitats are also being collected. </AGL:CONTAINER>
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<AGL:CONTAINER>Important Contacts </AGL:CONTAINER>


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  • For NOAA media inquiries, please contact nos.media@noaa.gov or 301.713.3066.
  • To offer suggestions to clean, contain, recover or stop the flow of oil visit Deepwater Horizon Response Suggestions. This website also provides procedures and forms for Alternative Response Tool Evaluation System (ARTES) proposals.
  • For response-related inquiries, please phone the Joint Information Center (JIC) at 985.902.5231 or 985.902.5240.
  • To report oil on land, or for general community information, please phone 866.448.5816.
  • To report oiled or injured wildlife, please phone 866.557.1401.
  • To learn about volunteer opportunities in all areas and what training is required, please phone 866.448.5816.
  • To discuss spill related damage claims, please phone 800.440.0858.
  • BP is asking fishermen for their assistance in cleaning up the oil spill. BP is calling this the Vessel of Opportunities Program and through it, BP is looking to contract shrimp boats, oyster boats and other vessels for hire to deploy boom in the Gulf of Mexico. To learn more about the Vessel of Opportunity Program, fishermen should phone 281.366.5511.
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  • Deepwater Horizon Joint Information Center This site is providing information regarding the April 20 incident in the US Gulf of Mexico involving a Transocean drilling Rig Deep Water Horizon. The Horizon was engaged in drilling activity on behalf of BP at Mississippi Canyon Block 252, about 52 miles southeast of Venice, La. Leaves NOAA for a non-government site [leaves OR&R site]
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  • Deepwater Horizon Response on Facebook This site is providing information regarding the April 20 incident in the US Gulf of Mexico involving a Transocean drilling Rig Deepwater Horizon. Leaves NOAA for a non-government site [leaves OR&R site]
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  • Deepwater Horizon Response on Twitter This site is providing information regarding the April 20 incident in the US Gulf of Mexico involving a Transocean drilling Rig Deepwater Horizon. Leaves NOAA for a non-government site [leaves OR&R site]
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Re: NOAA update on Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Deepwater Horizon Incident, Gulf of Mexico
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Situation: Wednesday 19 May </AGL:CONTAINER>

<AGL:CONTAINER>The Joint Information Center (JIC) issued a press release stating that NOAA's latest observations indicate that a small portion of the oil slick has reached the Loop Current in the form of light to very light sheens. NOAA Scientific Support Coordinator Charles Henry answered press questions on loop current. He noted that in the time it would take for oil to travel to the vicinity of the Florida Straits, any oil would be highly weathered and both the natural process of evaporation and the application of chemical dispersants would reduce the oil volume significantly.


NOAA spill specialists continue to advise the U.S. Coast Guard on cleanup options as well as advising all affected federal, state and local partners on sensitive marine resources at risk in this area of the Gulf of Mexico. NOAA experts are conducting aerial surveys to update trajectory maps and visually track the movement of the spill.
Admiral Mary Landry noted that weather has aided spill cleanup in recent days, allowing for several controlled burns and collection of fairly high concentrations of oil-water mix. Admiral Landry closed the press conference on an optimistic note. ?If top kill works we will demob,? she says. ?Let?s all cross our fingers and say our prayers.? She added that in any event, the unprecedented federal, state and local government and private sector response would continue to address the impacts of this spill of national significance on the people and environment of the Gulf. BP is preparing for the top kill (shooting mud down the well to halt the spill) operation expected next week. The riser insertion pipe continues to produce oil to the surface. </AGL:CONTAINER>
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<AGL:CONTAINER>NOAA?s Damage Assessment Remediation and Restoration Program (DARRP) is conducting a Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA). From past experience, NOAA is concerned about oil impacts to fish, shellfish, marine mammals, turtles, birds and other sensitive resources, as well as their habitats, including wetlands, mudflats, beaches, bottom sediments and the water column. Any lost uses of these resources, for example, fishery and beach closures, will also be evaluated. The focus currently is to assemble existing data on resources and their habitats and collect baseline (pre-spill impact) data. Data on oiled resources and habitats are also being collected. </AGL:CONTAINER>
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<AGL:CONTAINER>Important Contacts </AGL:CONTAINER>


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  • For NOAA media inquiries, please contact nos.media@noaa.gov or 301.713.3066 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 301.713.3066 end_of_the_skype_highlighting.
  • To offer suggestions to clean, contain, recover or stop the flow of oil visit Deepwater Horizon Response Suggestions. This website also provides procedures and forms for Alternative Response Tool Evaluation System (ARTES) proposals.
  • For response-related inquiries, please phone the Joint Information Center (JIC) at 985.902.5231 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 985.902.5231 end_of_the_skype_highlighting or 985.902.5240 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 985.902.5240 end_of_the_skype_highlighting.
  • To report oil on land, or for general community information, please phone 866.448.5816 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 866.448.5816 end_of_the_skype_highlighting.
  • To report oiled or injured wildlife, please phone 866.557.1401 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 866.557.1401 end_of_the_skype_highlighting.
  • To learn about volunteer opportunities in all areas and what training is required, please phone 866.448.5816 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 866.448.5816 end_of_the_skype_highlighting.
  • To discuss spill related damage claims, please phone 800.440.0858 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 800.440.0858 end_of_the_skype_highlighting.
  • BP is asking fishermen for their assistance in cleaning up the oil spill. BP is calling this the Vessel of Opportunities Program and through it, BP is looking to contract shrimp boats, oyster boats and other vessels for hire to deploy boom in the Gulf of Mexico. To learn more about the Vessel of Opportunity Program, fishermen should phone 281.366.5511 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 281.366.5511 end_of_the_skype_highlighting.
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  • IncidentNews View the most up-to-date information on OR&R's IncidentNews site. [leaves OR&R site]
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  • Deepwater Horizon Joint Information Center This site is providing information regarding the April 20 incident in the US Gulf of Mexico involving a Transocean drilling Rig Deep Water Horizon. The Horizon was engaged in drilling activity on behalf of BP at Mississippi Canyon Block 252, about 52 miles southeast of Venice, La. Leaves NOAA for a non-government site [leaves OR&R site]
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  • Deepwater Horizon Response on Facebook This site is providing information regarding the April 20 incident in the US Gulf of Mexico involving a Transocean drilling Rig Deepwater Horizon. Leaves NOAA for a non-government site [leaves OR&R site]
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  • Deepwater Horizon Response on Twitter This site is providing information regarding the April 20 incident in the US Gulf of Mexico involving a Transocean drilling Rig Deepwater Horizon. Leaves NOAA for a non-government site [leaves OR&R site]
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Re: NOAA update on Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Deepwater Horizon Incident, Gulf of Mexico
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As the nation?s leading scientific resource for oil spills, NOAA has been on the scene of the BP oil spill from the start, providing coordinated scientific weather and biological response services to federal, state and local organizations. More
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<AGL:CONTAINER>Updated daily
Situation: Thursday 20 May </AGL:CONTAINER>

<AGL:CONTAINER>NOAA spill specialists continue to advise the U.S. Coast Guard on cleanup options as well as advising all affected federal, state and local partners on sensitive marine resources at risk in this area of the Gulf of Mexico. NOAA oceanographers continue to release updated trajectory maps showing the predicted trajectory of the oil slick.
Today
A press teleconference call was held with NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco to discuss the BP oil spill?s trajectory in relation to the Loop Current and preparations for NOAA research flight investigating the Loop Current. Questions included Loop Current trajectory, Loop Current eddies, flow rate from the leaking well, and dispersants. Audio will be posted tomorrow.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a directive requiring BP to identify and use a less toxic and more effective dispersant from the list of EPA authorized dispersants.
There continues to be significant interest in flow rates at the source of the spill site. BP is preparing for the top kill (shooting mud down the well to halt the spill) operation expected next week. Riser insertion pipe continues to produce oil to the surface. </AGL:CONTAINER>
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<AGL:CONTAINER>Response to date as of May 19 </AGL:CONTAINER>


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  • Total response vessels: more than 1040
  • Containment boom deployed: more than 1.43 million feet
  • Containment boom available: more than 370,000 feet
  • Sorbent boom deployed: more than 560,000 feet
  • Sorbent boom available: more than 1.28 million feet
  • Total boom deployed: nearly 2 million feet (regular plus sorbent boom)
  • Total boom available: more than 1.65 million feet (regular plus sorbent boom)
  • Oily water recovered: more than 8.37 million gallons
  • Surface dispersant used: approximately 600,000 gallons
  • Subsea dispersant used: approximately 55,000
  • Total dispersant used: approximately 655,000
  • Dispersant available: more than 340,000 gallons
  • Overall personnel responding: more than 24,700
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<AGL:CONTAINER>NOAA?s Damage Assessment Remediation and Restoration Program (DARRP) is conducting a Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA). From past experience, NOAA is concerned about oil impacts to fish, shellfish, marine mammals, turtles, birds and other sensitive resources, as well as their habitats, including wetlands, mudflats, beaches, bottom sediments and the water column. Any lost uses of these resources, for example, fishery and beach closures, will also be evaluated. The focus currently is to assemble existing data on resources and their habitats and collect baseline (pre-spill impact) data. Data on oiled resources and habitats are also being collected. </AGL:CONTAINER>
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<AGL:CONTAINER>Important Contacts </AGL:CONTAINER>


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  • For NOAA media inquiries, please contact nos.media@noaa.gov or 301.713.3066 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 301.713.3066 end_of_the_skype_highlighting.
  • To offer suggestions to clean, contain, recover or stop the flow of oil visit Deepwater Horizon Response Suggestions. This website also provides procedures and forms for Alternative Response Tool Evaluation System (ARTES) proposals.
  • For response-related inquiries, please phone the Joint Information Center (JIC) at 985.902.5231 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 985.902.5231 end_of_the_skype_highlighting or 985.902.5240 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 985.902.5240 end_of_the_skype_highlighting.
  • To report oil on land, or for general community information, please phone 866.448.5816 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 866.448.5816 end_of_the_skype_highlighting.
  • To report oiled or injured wildlife, please phone 866.557.1401 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 866.557.1401 end_of_the_skype_highlighting.
  • To learn about volunteer opportunities in all areas and what training is required, please phone 866.448.5816 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 866.448.5816 end_of_the_skype_highlighting.
  • To discuss spill related damage claims, please phone 800.440.0858 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 800.440.0858 end_of_the_skype_highlighting.
  • BP is asking fishermen for their assistance in cleaning up the oil spill. BP is calling this the Vessel of Opportunities Program and through it, BP is looking to contract shrimp boats, oyster boats and other vessels for hire to deploy boom in the Gulf of Mexico. To learn more about the Vessel of Opportunity Program, fishermen should phone 281.366.5511 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 281.366.5511 end_of_the_skype_highlighting.
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  • Deepwater Horizon Joint Information Center This site is providing information regarding the April 20 incident in the US Gulf of Mexico involving a Transocean drilling Rig Deep Water Horizon. The Horizon was engaged in drilling activity on behalf of BP at Mississippi Canyon Block 252, about 52 miles southeast of Venice, La. Leaves NOAA for a non-government site [leaves OR&R site]
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  • Deepwater Horizon Response on Facebook This site is providing information regarding the April 20 incident in the US Gulf of Mexico involving a Transocean drilling Rig Deepwater Horizon. Leaves NOAA for a non-government site [leaves OR&R site]
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  • Deepwater Horizon Response on Twitter This site is providing information regarding the April 20 incident in the US Gulf of Mexico involving a Transocean drilling Rig Deepwater Horizon. Leaves NOAA for a non-government site [leaves OR&R site]
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