[StBernard] 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

[Westley Annis]

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 at 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. 

  

R188 




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