Response Operations
September 2010
August 2010
July 2010
- 23-Jul, Florida Peninsula Assets Seek Shelter in Preparation for Tropical Weather
- 22-Jul, Statement by National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen on Tropical Storm Bonnie
- 22-Jul, Severe Weather Response Plan in Place for Oil Spill Response
- 22-Jul, "Civil Air Patrol Contributes 10,000 Volunteer Hours, 1,000 Flying Hours and Counting to Oil Spill Response"
- 19-Jul, Admiral Allen Tells BP to Join Local Response Team in Each State
- 17-Jul, A Whale Operational Review Completed
- 14-Jul, U.S. Coast Guard announces plans to improve Vessel of Opportunity Program in Florida
- 12-Jul, Coast Guard Announces New Procedures for Media Access to Boom Safety Zones
- 5-Jul, Tar balls along Texas coast are from Deepwater Horizon; How they arrived unclear
- 5-Jul, Oil reported in Lake Pontchartrain
- 5-Jul, "New Heavy Oil Recovery Device Improves Oil Recovery Efforts in the Gulf, Brings Work to Local Shipyards and Machine Shops"
- 4-Jul, "Unified Command surveys, repairs boom damaged by heavy weather"
- 4-Jul, Statement on concerns about recently enacted safety zones
- 3-Jul, U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Paul Zukunft Assesses Sensitive Environmental Areas During Oil Spill Response Overflight
- 3-Jul, Community Responders sought in Monroe County to train for oil clean-up work
- 3-Jul, Largest Oil Spill Response Continues; Skimmers Mass at Well Site
- 2-Jul, Admiral Allen Highlights Fivefold Increase in Skimmers Since Early June
- 1-Jul, Use Of Respirators for Responders
- 1-Jul, Coast Guard and EPA Send Directive to BP on Oil Spill Waste Management Plan
June 2010
- 30-Jun, Coast Guard establishes 20-meter safety zone around all Deepwater Horizon protective boom; operations
- 28-Jun, Coast Guard Cutter Aspen conducts skimming operations
- 26-Jun, Buoys Deployed in Big Bend Adding Resources to the Sentry Program
- 23-Jun, Severe Weather Impacting Today's Cleanup and Response Efforts
- 21-Jun, Florida Peninsula Command Post Implements Trigger Response Plan
- 20-Jun, Vessel Decontamination Stations Available Around Louisiana
- 19-Jun, "Unified Command Framework For Volunteers, Jobs, Vessels of Opportunity; Qualified Community Responders Programs Supporting Deepwater Horizon Incident in the Florida Peninsula and Keys"
- 19-Jun, Shallow Water Barge Recovery System Barges in Operation
- 17-Jun, Vacuum Barges Deemed Safe to Join Oil Spill Response
- 15-Jun, Fire Causes Temporary Shut-Down on the Discoverer Enterprise
- 15-Jun, Admiral Allen Provides Guidance to Ensure Expedited Jones Act Waiver Processing Should It Be Needed
- 12-Jun, ADPH Further Expands Precautionary Advisories for Swimming
- 11-Jun, Media Embed Opportunities for Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response
- 11-Jun, Mobile Unified Command Provides Update on Perdido Pass
- 11-Jun, Florida Sentry Program Confirms Low Risk in Near-Term to Florida Peninsula and Keys
- 11-Jun, Pensacola Pass to Close with Tide
- 11-Jun, Cocodrie Vessel Incident
- 10-Jun, National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen Calls on BP to Come to Washington to Meet with Administration Officials
- 9-Jun, Letter from Federal On-Scene Coordinator Rear Admiral James Watson to BP COO Doug Suttles
- 9-Jun, Worker Health; Safety Key to Unified Area Command
- 6-Jun, Sentry Plan Initiated Off of Florida Keys
- 5-Jun, UPDATED: Unemployed Hired to Clean Affected Beaches
- 4-Jun, New Effort to Collect; Review Oil Spill Response Solutions Announced
- 3-Jun, Coast Guard responds to reports of pollution in Florida Keys
- 1-Jun, Unified Incident Command Mobile increases surveillance
May 2010
- 31-May, Federal mobile medical unit arrives in Louisiana
- 28-May, Unified Incident Command medevacs crewmen
- 28-May, NOAA Assists With Multi-Agency Effort to Decontaminate Ships Passing through Oil Spill
- 28-May, NOAA Surveys Proposed New Ship Anchorage Site for Vessel Decontamination
- 26-May, Commercial fishing vessels recalled from oil recovery operations as a precaution
- 26-May, "Vessel of Opportunity Worker Exposure Incident on May 26, 2010"
- 25-May, Response remains vigilant in the Gulf
- 21-May, Unified Area Command announces it will not use hair boom in its Deepwater Horizon/BP response efforts
- 20-May, PHOTO RELEASE: Breton Island oil spill response II
- 15-May, *Correction* Public urged to report breaks in boom along the Gulf Coast
- 15-May, Coast Guard and EPA Approve Use of Dispersant Subsea in Further Effort to Prevent Oil from Reaching U.S. Shoreline
- 12-May, Unified Command St. Petersburg to conduct Area Contingency Plan workshops
- 10-May, BP to offer training with OSHA and Coast Guard
- 10-May, PHOTO/VIDEO RELEASE: Oil dispersants released from aircraft
- 9-May, PHOTO/VIDEO RELEASE: SCAT team surveys beach
- 8-May, "Tarballs recovered from Dauphin Island, Ala."
- 8-May, PHOTO RELEASE: Oil skimming in the Gulf Coast
- 7-May, Updated media phone line for St. Petersburg Joint Information Center
- 5-May, Controlled Burn Approved for May 5
- 4-May, Florida Keys officials prepare for potential spill impacts
- 1-May, "UPDATE: Deepwater Horizon - Mobile, Ala."
April 2010
