[StBernard] St. Bernard Parish President Craig P. Taffaro Jr. is flying over the area to get an update on the oil spill

[Westley Annis]

St. Bernard Parish President Craig P. Taffaro Jr. is flying over the area to
get an update on the oil spill

St. Bernard Parish President Craig P. Taffaro Jr. is currently is flying
over the area to get an update on the oil spill. More details to follow. 
Local commercial fisherman who can assist in any local efforts to protect
our coastline in St. Bernard can sign up with St. Bernard Parish Government
at the website www.sbpg.net at the Contact Us button on top of the web site.


Please include the following information: Vessel name, Owner/Captain name,
Contact Number or Email if available, Length of Vessel, Horse Power and
Draft.

St. Bernard Parish will send this volunteer list to British Petroleum for
the Vessel of Opportunity program which may hire locals to help with the
spill. Additionally, it will be kept for St. Bernard Parish for any
secondary response efforts. If you have difficulty sending through the
website, you may send the information to kbazile at sbpg.net. 

Please monitor the news for additional information. Updates also will be
posted on the parish website at www.sbpg.net.

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