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Today at 2:00 pm EDT, Roy Crabtree, Ph.D., southeast regional administrator for NOAA’s Fisheries Service, will hold a conference call with reporters to announce the reopening of federal waters south of the Florida panhandle to commercial and recreational fishermen.

WHO        Roy Crabtree, southeast regional administrator for NOAA’s Fisheries Service

WHAT:     Conference call briefing to announce the reopening of federal waters off Florida panhandle

WHEN:     Friday, September 3 at 2:00 pm EDT/ 1:00 pm CDT

DIAL-IN:   1-888-946-3814 or 1-630-395-0226; passcode: NOAA

Today at 3:30 pm EDT, Eric Schwaab, NOAA Assistant Administrator for the NOAA’s Fisheries Service, will hold a conference call with reporters to discuss the reopening of federal waters along portions of the Florida Panhandle, Alabama, Mississippi, and eastern Louisiana to commercial and recreation fishermen.

WHO:         Eric Schwaab, NOAA assistant administrator for NOAA’s Fisheries Service

WHAT:       Conference call briefing to discuss the reopening of federal waters along northern Gulf of Mexico

WHEN:       Thursday, September 2 at 3:30 p.m. EDT

DIAL-IN:    1-888-972-6899; passcode: NOAA

WHAT: A pair of near-shore sub-surface monitoring demonstrations in Louisiana and the Florida Panhandle. Credentialed media are invited to Pensacola Bay, Fla., and Lake Borgne, La., to receive demonstrations of near-shore aspects of the ongoing Sub-Surface Monitoring and Assessment Program. This program is designed to help oil spill responders best track and understand the fate of sub surface oil and oil remnants in the Gulf of Mexico.

EVENT IN PENSACOLA, FLORIDA:

WHERE: The tour and briefing in Pensacola, Fla., will take place on board a vessel in Pensacola Bay.

WHEN: Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. CDT.

WHO: U.S. Coast Guard Lt. John Garr and Ruth Yender, NOAA Scientific Support Coordinator.

CONTACT: Reservations are required. For reservations or questions, please contact the Joint Information Center at the ICP in Mobile: (251) 445-8965.

NOTE: For safety reasons, participants must wear long trousers, shirts with sleeves and closed-toed shoes.

EVENT IN SLIDELL, LOUISIANA:

WHERE: The tour and briefing in Slidell, La., will take place on board a vessel in Lake Borgne.

WHEN: Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. CDT.

WHO: NOAA representative and Chelsea Murphy, Staff Scientist at the SNARE Sentinel Program.

CONTACT: Reservations are required. For reservations or questions, please contact the Joint Information Center at the ICP in Houma: (985) 493-7835.

NOTE: For safety reasons, participants must wear long trousers, shirts with sleeves and closed-toed shoes.

WHO: Rear Adm. Paul Zukunft, Federal On-Scene Coordinator

WHAT: Press briefing and teleconference following a meeting with state and local officials regarding the ongoing administration-wide response to the Deepwater BP Oil Spill

WHERE: Incident Command Post Houma, BP Training Facility, 1597 Highway 311, Schriever, La. 70395

WHEN: Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 4:45 p.m., CDT. The call-in number for press unable to attend is (866) 304-5784 for domestic callers, and (706) 643-1612 for international callers. Conference ID# 98389055

INFORMATION: The press briefing will be held in the Unified Command meeting room inside the incident command post. Location will not allow for broadcast cables to run to vehicles. Cameras must preset no later than 4:00 p.m. CDT; all other media must arrive no later than 4:30 p.m. CDT.

WHO: Adm. Thad Allen, National Incident Commander

WHAT: Media briefing to provide Operational Update on Ongoing Deepwater Horizon/BP Oil Spill Response Efforts

WHERE: BP’s Houston Westlake 4 Building, 200 Westlake Park Blvd, Houston, Texas 

WHEN: Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 10:30 a.m. CDT.  The call-in number is (866) 304-5784 for domestic callers, and (706) 643-1612 for international callers.  Conference ID # is 98295485

INFORMATION: The press briefing will be held at BP’s Houston Westlake4 building. Press can park in the visitor’s parking garage, adjacent to the Westlake 4 building and accessible from Keating St. Press should enter the main lobby for Westlake 4 and will be escorted to the cafeteria meeting room for the briefing. Cameras must preset no later than 9:45 a.m. CDT and all other media must arrive no later than 10:15 a.m. CDT via the Westlake 4 main entrance. Media credentials and/or photo identification are requested.

The following media advisory was issued by Plaquemines Parish. NOTE: There will be no dial-in number for this event.

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From: Kurt Fromherz (Plaquemines Parish)
Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 2:43 PM
Subject: MEDIA ADVISORY: Nungesser – Allen Press Conference

WHAT: Nungesser-Allen Press Conference

WHEN: Tuesday, August 31st around 1:00 pm

WHERE: Myrtle Grove Marina
161 Marina Road
Port Sulphur, LA 70083

Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser will meet with National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen Tuesday, August 31, 2010. Admiral Allen will tour the Plaquemines Parish marsh then meet privately with President Nungesser.  After the private meeting, President Nungesser and Admiral Allen will hold a press conference at the Myrtle Grove Marina.

WHO:  Dr. Jane Lubchenco, Administrator for National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration

WHAT:  Teleconference briefing to discuss the reopening of federal waters along Western Louisiana to commercial and recreation fishermen

WHEN:  Friday, August 27, 2010 10 a.m. EDT.  The call in number is (866) 742-3130 for domestic callers, and  (706) 643-1612 for international callers.  Conference ID # is 97597744

WHO:    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Hammond Wildlife Rehabilitation Center and Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.

WHAT:    Birds, mostly brown pelicans and laughing gulls, rescued from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and treated at the Hammond Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Louisiana will be released at Atchafalaya Delta and Rabbit Island 

WHERE:   Atchafalaya Delta: Berwick Public Boat Launch, Levee Road, Berwick, La. 70342 
Rabbit Island: Cameron Public Launch, Hwy. 3143 Davis Road, Cameron, La. 70631

WHEN:    Atchafalaya Delta: Friday, Aug. 27, 2010, 6 a.m. CDT
Rabbit Island: Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010, 6 a.m. CDT

The boat ride at Atchafalaya is approximately 45 minutes. There are multiple release locations, with a total round-trip time of approximately four hours.

The boat ride to Rabbit Island will be approximately 30 minutes each way. The bird release at Rabbit Island will be completed in approximately one to two hours.

Media will be able to film and photograph the bird release from the boats. No media will be allowed on the island. Upon return to the dock, media will have the opportunity to interview and speak with wildlife experts from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife veterinarians, wildlife operations and rehabilitation staff.

WHY:      Birds oiled or injured as a result of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill are being rescued, treated, and relocated in the Gulf states.  Birds are released only after wildlife specialists determine that they are sufficiently rehabilitated. The birds are released as far as possible from areas affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and into the same type habitat and populations from which they came, but with as little risk of getting re-exposed to oil as possible.

CONTACT:   Walter Tegge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, (757) 284-6253
                   Bo Boehringer, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, (225) 765-5115

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WHAT:             Credentialed media are invited to accompany teams surveying the near shore and inshore waters to detect for the presence of oil beneath the water’s surface.       
 
WHERE:           650 Lemoyne Dr., Dauphin Island, Ala., 36528
 
WHEN:            Thursday, August 26, 2010 at 9 a.m. CDT (Tour duration is 4 to 5 hours.)
 
WHY:               ICP Mobile continues to systematically survey the near shore and inshore waters off the coasts of Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida panhandle to detect whether oil is present beneath the water’s surface. This includes various sampling methods and techniques such as snares, sorbent pads, fluorometers and water and sediment sampling.        
 
WHO:              U.S. Coast Guard Chief Mark Boivin, On-Water Deputy Director and Gary Petrae, NOAA Deputy, Scientific Support Coordinator 
 
CONTACT:        Reservations are required.  For reservations or questions, please contact the Joint Information Center at ICP Mobile:  (251) 445-8965
 
REQUIREMENTS:   For safety reasons, participants must wear long trousers, shirts with sleeves and closed-toed shoes.  
 
For more on the response effort, visit:        www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com or www.restorethegulf.gov
 

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WHAT: This is an opportunity to observe wildlife rehabilitation in progress as well as interact with biologists and personnel engaged in other activities related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Learn about the various stages of wildlife rehabilitation from rescue to release.

WHO:  Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research, Inc.; Theodore Oiled Wildlife Rehabilitation Center staff; and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

WHEN: Thursday, August 26, 2010, 1:00 p.m. CDT

WHERE: Theodore Oiled Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, 5400 Willis Road, Theodore, Ala.,  36582

For information about the response effort, visit www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com or www.restorethegulf.gov.

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