EPA Media Alert (HQ): TOMORROW: EPA Administrator Makes Sixth Trip to Gulf Region to Oversee Response to the BP Spill

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July 1, 2010

 

TOMORROW: EPA Administrator Makes Sixth Trip to Gulf Region to Oversee Response to the BP Spill

 

WASHINGTON – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson returns to the gulf coast tomorrow to monitor EPA’s on-the-ground response to the BP oil spill, meet with federal responders and BP representatives, and speak with residents about ongoing federal efforts to mitigate the spill’s impact on the region. She will travel to New Orleans and Pensacola, Fla.

This marks Administrator Jackson’s sixth visit to the gulf region since the oil spill began. During the trip, she will be briefed by EPA and Coast Guard officials on the latest response updates and monitoring data, and oversee beach clean up efforts in the region. The administrator will also meet with EPA scientists in Gulf Breeze, Fla., for a briefing on ongoing dispersant testing.

 

Administrator Jackson and EPA continue to work closely with National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen, who is leading the administration-wide response and directing all interagency activities.

To request an interview with Administrator Jackson, please email johnson.alisha@epa.gov.

For more information on EPA’s efforts in the gulf and for the latest air, water, sediment and underwater dispersant monitoring data: http://www.epa.gov/bpspill.

 

FRIDAY, JULY 2

 

10:00 a.m. CENTRAL                 Briefing with Local Officials

                                                CLOSED PRESS

 

 

1:00 p.m. CENTRAL                   Town Hall Meeting: “Expanding the Environmental Conversation”

                                     Ernest N. Morial Convention Center

                                                 900 Convention Center Blvd

                                                 New Orleans, La.

                                     OPEN PRESS

 

3:00 p.m. CENTRAL                   Meeting with Environmental Groups

                                                CLOSED PRESS

 

 

SATURDAY, JULY 3

 

10:30 a.m. CENTRAL                 Tour of EPA’s Gulf Breeze Lab and Pensacola Beach Operations Lab

                                                Gulf Breeze and Pensacola, Fla.

                                                CLOSED PRESS

 

 

1:15 p.m. CENTRAL                  Stakeholder Meeting

                                                Gulf Breeze, Fla.

                                                CLOSED PRESS

 

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