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MEDIA ADVISORY: Teleconference to Provide Update on Subsurface Oil Monitoring Program

WHAT: Dr. Janet Baran, NOAA scientists and co-lead of the Subsurface Oil Monitoring Program will provide an update for media on the ongoing subsurface oil monitoring efforts coordinated by the Unified Area Command.  The focus will be on sediment and water sampling conducted in the past week in the Gulf of Mexico.

WHEN: Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010, 1:00 p.m. CDT, 2:00 p.m. EDT.

WHERE:  call in 866-304-5784, conference ID # 15193975

Online: Further information about the program can be found on the ship mission log at http://missionlog.noaa.gov/, and data and information are available on www.geoplatform.gov.

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WHAT: A pair of near-shore sub-surface monitoring demonstrations in Mississippi and Louisiana. Credentialed media are invited to Biloxi, Miss., and Venice, 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 BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI:

WHERE: The tour and briefing in Biloxi, Miss., will take place on board a vessel in the Biloxi Bay.

WHEN: Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. CDT.

WHO: U.S. Coast Guard Lt. John Garr and Gary Petrae, NOAA Scientific Support Team.

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 LOUISIANA:

WHERE: The tour and briefing in Venice, La., will take place on a vessel and will include a demonstrastion of the SNARE Sentinel program at a facility in Venice, La.

WHEN: Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010 at 3:00 p.m. CDT.

WHO: Representatives from NOAA, EPA, and 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.

For information on the response efforts, please visit: www.restorethegulf.gov or www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com.

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.

 
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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