[StBernard] EPA Posts Results of Additional Samples Taken at the Murphy Oil Site

[Westley Annis]

EPA Posts Results of Additional Samples Taken at the Murphy Oil Site 

Release date:02/27/2006 

Contact Information: Jessica Emond, 202-564-4355 / emond.jessica at epa.gov



(2/27/06) On Feb. 27, EPA updated its website to include the results of
additional samples collected at the Murphy Oil site. Pursuant to a FEMA
Mission Assignment, US EPA is overseeing Murphy Oil's ongoing sampling
activities of residential and other properties. Ten percent of the samples
Murphy collects are split, and US EPA sends the split samples for
independent analysis. Thus far, Murphy has collected 7037 sediment samples
from 4148 residences. Of the 7037 sediment samples collected, US EPA has
sent 725 split samples for separate analyses. US EPA has received, evaluated
and is posting the results of the first 693 samples.

For more information on these results, visit:
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