BP Oil Spill Response Update: TODAY: EPA Administrator Returns to Gulf Region to Oversee Ongoing Response to the BP Spill / CEQ Chair Nancy Sutley joins Administrator

CONTACT:

Alisha Johnson

johnson.alisha@epa.gov

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 24, 2010

 

TODAY: EPA Administrator Returns to Gulf Region to Oversee Ongoing Response to the BP Spill

 

CEQ Chair Nancy Sutley joins Administrator

 

WASHINGTON - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, joined by Council on Environmental Quality Chair Nancy Sutley, is back in the Gulf Coast today to monitor EPA’s on-the-ground response to the BP oil spill and speak with residents about efforts to mitigate the spill's impact on the region. 

 

This marks Administrator Jackson’s third visit to the gulf region since the oil spill began.  During the trip, the Administrator and Chair Sutley will visit the command center in Robert, La and will also travel to Venice and New Orleans. The visit will include a tour on a Trace Atmospheric Gas Analyzer (TAGA), a self-contained mobile laboratory being used by EPA to sample and analyze outdoor air quality in the gulf. Administrator Jackson and Chair Sutley will also tour oil impacted wetlands by boat in Venice.

 

At 4:15 p.m. CST, the Administrator will hold a press conference in Venice, La.

 

Administrator Jackson arrived in the Gulf Coast last night, where she attended a briefing at the Unified Command Center and met with BP officials along with U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral Landry.

 

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.

 

MONDAY, May 24:

 

8:30 a.m. CST              TAGA Tour

New Orleans, La.

CLOSED PRESS

 

11:20 a.m. CST             Ecosystem Working Group Meeting

EPA Incident Command Post

MCP 42256 Hwy 23, Venice, La.

CLOSED PRESS

 

12:20 p.m. CST             Boat Tour of Oil-Impacted Wetlands

Cypress Cove Marina

                                    235 Cypress Cove Rd., Venice, LA

PRESS COVERAGE TBD

 

3:30 p.m. CST              Press Conference Call on Dispersants

                                    Additional information on this call to be released

 

4:15 p.m. CST              Press Conference

Venice Marina

237 Sports Marina Rd.

Venice, La.

 

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