[StBernard] Murphy Oil Spill Area Debris Cleanup-Reply from EPA

[Westley Annis]

See the canned message I received from EPA today with a promise to send 
me a real reply later.

Ddk

-----Original Message-----
From: Lindberg.Martha at epamail.epa.gov
Sent: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 07:45:11 -0600
Subject: Murphy Oil Spill Area Debris Cleanup-Reply

Response by EPA: Thank you for your Web Feedback.  EPA has deployed
hundreds of response managers, scientists and engineers to help respond
to the hurricanes Katrina and Rita.  We are making available any EPA
resources and assets - airplanes, helicopters, boats and mobile labs to
address the needs of the affected communities.

We may not be able to personally respond to you as quickly as we would
like, so in the meantime, here is information that we hope will answer
your questions or get you to a source that can meet your needs.

For updates on our work, please continue to visit our Website at
http://epa.gov/region6/index.htm .   You may also wish to view the U.S.
Government's Official web portal for Hurricane Katrina recovery
information:
http://www.firstgov.gov/Citizen/Topics/PublicSafety/Hurricane_Katrina_Rec
overy.shtml

In addition, the USA Freedom Corps's website provides useful information
and links regarding the Hurricane Katrina relief efforts:
http://www.usafreedomcorps.gov.

BUSINESS OFFERINGS
Most purchases of disaster recovery services and products are made by
local and State governments. You may check the emergency management or
other appropriate websites of the affected states for latest information
as follows:

Alabama:  http://www.ema.alabama.gov/
Florida:  Disaster Contractors Network at http://www.dcnonline.org/
Louisiana:  http://www.ohsep.louisiana.gov
Mississippi:  http://www.mema.ms.gov/

In general, proposals must include the following information:
*            Company name
*            Business address
*            Contact information
*            Type of service or product offered
*            Type of equipment
*            Number of workers being provided
*            Cost for service or product
*            Whether the company is volunteering services

You may also contact County offices of emergency management, especially
to offer clean-up services.