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Table of Contents:
- News Releases
- Speeches and Testimony
- Press Conference Materials (Transcripts, maps, audio clips)
- Public Service Announcements (PSAs) & Informational Handouts
News Releases:
2007
2006
2005
July 2007
7/30/2007 Environmental notification for residents impacted by Murphy Oil spill
October-December 2006
11/15/2006 EPA Releases Playground Soil and Sediment Sampling in Louisiana
10/19/2006 EPA Posts Results of Additional Samples Taken at the Murphy Oil Site
July-September 2006
8/17/2006 EPA Posts Summary of Final Sediment Sample Results Taken in Hurricane Katrina Response
7/13/2006 EPA Continues to Sample the Murphy Oil Site in New Orleans
April-June 2006
6/8/2006 EPA Posts Results of Additional Samples Taken at the Murphy Oil Site
5/19/2006 EPA Posts Additional Sampling of Sediment in Flood Impacted Areas
5/12/2006 EPA Grants to Help Revitalize Communities in Mississippi Impacted by Hurricane Katrina
5/11/2006 Sampling of Residual Sediment in Flood Impacted Areas
5/11/2006 EPA Samples Temporary Housing Location in Louisiana
5/11/2006 EPA Settlement Includes Hurricane Katrina Recovery Assistance
4/18/2006 Pssst, Pass It On
4/14/2006 Walpole Mass. Company Fined, Addresses EPA Concerns for Chemical Management and Accident Prevention
4/11/2006 Grant Writing Workshop in new Orleans this Thursday
4/7/2006 Grants Available for Hurricane-Impacted Communities
4/5/2006 EPA Posts Results of Additional Samples Taken at the Murphy Oil Site
January-March 2006
3/30/06 New Grants Available for Hurricane-Impacted Communities
3/17/06 EPA Posts Results of Additional Samples Taken at the Murphy Oil Site
3/9/06 362 Louisiana School Labs Get Help from Environmental Responders
3/9/06 EPA Posts Results of Additional Samples Taken at the Murphy Oil Site
2/27/06 EPA Posts Results of Additional Samples Taken at the Murphy Oil Site
2/17/06 EPA Posts Results of Additional Samples Taken at the Murphy Oil Site
2/16/06 Two Million Hazardous Material Containers Collected in Southern Louisiana
2/9/06 EPA Posts Additional Data from Resampling Conducted at 14 Sites in Louisiana
2/9/06 Chapperon Development Corporation Temporary Housing Location
1/27/06 Environmental Responders Distribute 2 Million Flyers to Southern Louisiana Residents
1/23/06 EPA to Assist in Cleanup of New Orleans Neighborhoods
1/20/06 Air Screening Data for New Orleans Posted
1/18/06 Hurricane-Impacted Louisiana Schools Get Help from Environmental Responders
1/13/06 EPA Posts Results from Samples taken in Hurricane Affected Areas of Mississippi
1/13/06 NPL Data Posted from Hurricane Katrina Affected Area in Louisiana
1/13/06 More Murphy Oil Sampling Data Released
1/11/06 Murphy Oil Sampling Data Released
1/11/06 Air Data From New Orleans and Mississippi Released
1/11/06 EPA Samples Three Temporary Housing Locations in Louisiana
1/11/06 Results Released from Post Hurricane Samples taken at Old Gentilly Landfill in New Orleans
1/7/06 Jan. 16 Deadline for Household Hazardous Waste Drop Off In St. Tammany Parish - Region 6
1/7/06 Jan. 14 Deadline for Placing Materials Curbside in Jefferson - Region 6
1/6/06 Gulf Water Sampling Results
December 2005
12/22/2005 Sampling Data Posted from 9 NPL Sites in Hurricane Katrina-affected Areas of Mississippi and Alabama
12/22/2005 Murphy Oil Sampling Data Released
12/22/2005 More Air Sampling Data Released from Hurricane Katrina-affected Areas in Mississippi and Louisiana
12/22/2005 More Sediment Samples Released from St. Bernard and Orleans Parishes
12/16/2005 EPA Releases Longer Term Analyses of Sediment Data from Hurricane Katrina
12/16/2005 More Air Sampling Data from Hurricane Katrina Released
12/15/2005 EPA Publishes Procedures for Hurricane Vendor Inquiries
12/9/2005 Gulf States, Feds Report on Seafood
12/6/2005 EPA Announces Milestone in Collection of Household Hazardous Waste: One Million Containers Recovered
12/5/2005 EPA expands boundary around affected homes in Murphy Oil spill area
12/2/2005 Additional Sampling Results Released on NPL Site in Louisiana
12/2/2005 EPA Releases Murphy Oil Sampling Data
12/2/2005 EPA Continues to Release Air Data from New Orleans and Mississippi
12/2/2005 Sediment Re-Sampling
November 2005
11/22/2005 EPA Releases Air Monitoring Data for Louisiana and Mississippi
11/22/2005 Sediment Sampling Data from Orleans; 9th Ward and St. Bernard Parish
11/22/2005 EPA Releases Murphy Oil Sampling Data
11/22/2005 Data from Five NPL Sites in Hurricane-Affected Area Posted
11/17/2005 Additional Sampling Results Released From Air Monitoring Sites in Mississippi
11/17/2005 EPA to Participate in Neighborhood Cleanup in French Quarter
11/16/2005 Additional Sampling Results Released On NPL Sites in Louisiana
11/14/2005 More Air Monitoring Results from New Orleans Available
11/10/2005 EPA and LDEQ to Discuss Recent Environmental Sampling Results from Hurricane Katrina/Rita
11/10/2005 EPA and MDEQ Release Results of Mississippi Water Quality Study
11/9/2005 EPA Releases Initial Results from Air Monitoring Networks in Hurricane-Affected Areas
11/9/2005 EPA Releases Sediment Sample Results from Murphy Oil Spill
11/8/2005 Sampling Results Released On NPL Sites In New Orleans Area
11/7/2005 Four New Flood-Related Public Service Announcements Produced
11/7/2005 Cleanup Moves Ahead At Murphy Oil
11/4/2005 EPA Distributes One Million Flyers to Southern Louisiana Residents
11/4/2005 EPA Provides Environmental Job Training Grant to Shreveport for Evacuees
11/3/2005 Vermilion Parish Household Hazardous Waste Drop-off and Large Container Pick-up
11/1/2005 EPA and LDEQ Announce An Estimated One Million Pounds of Household Hazardous Waste Collected
October 2005
10/31/2005 EPA Announces An Estimated One Million Pounds of Household Hazardous Waste Collected
10/29/2005 Household Hazardous Waste Curbside Collection in Orleans Parish
10/28/2005 Efforts to remove Household Hazardous Waste in Vermilion Parish set to begin
10/25/2005 EPA Offers Guidance to Caregivers with Children Returning to Hurricane Impacted Areas
10/25/2005 EPA Response Activities in St. Bernard Parish
10/24/2005 EPA Offers Information in Vietnamese to Residents Returning to Hurricane Impacted Areas
10/21/2005 Federal and State Agencies to Give Update on Hurricane Katrina Related Water Monitoring in the Gulf
10/21/2005 EPA Releases Results From Gulf Water Sampling
10/21/2005 Hurricane Katrina/Rita - New Data Available
10/21/2005 EPA Prepares for Hurricane Wilma
10/20/2005 Federal and State Agencies to Give Update on Water Monitoring in the Gulf
10/13/2005 Enviromapper Displays Test Results and Sites from Hurricane Sampling Activities
10/8/2005 Hurricane Katrina Response Activities Daily Update - Region 6
10/7/2005 Hurricane Katrina Response Activities Daily Update - Region 6
10/6/2005 Water and Sediment Sampling Results Released - Flood Water Data 9/26/2005
10/6/2005 Water and Sediment Sampling Results Released - Sediment Data for 9/26/2005
10/6/2005 Water and Sediment Sampling Results Released - Sediment Data for 9/27/2005
10/6/2005 Water and Sediment Sampling Results Released - Sediment Data 9/30/2005
10/6/2005 EPA Orders Companies Violating Safety Requirements to Stop Delivering Water
10/6/2005 Hurricane Katrina Response Activities Daily Update - Region 6
10/5/2005 Household Hazards Drop Off Location for Residents of Terrebonne, LaFourche Parishes
10/5/2005 Hurricane Katrina Response Activities Daily Update - Region 6
10/4/2005 Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Louisiana - Texas - EPA Response Update
10/3/2005 Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Louisiana - Texas - EPA Response Update
10/2/2005 Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Louisiana - Texas - EPA Response Update
10/1/2005 Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Louisiana - Texas - EPA Response Update
September 2005
9/23/2005 EPA Releases Air Sampling Data
9/23/2005 EPA's Preparation for Hurricane Rita
9/22/2005 Additional Sediment Sampling Data Released
9/21/2005 Federal, State Officials to Brief Reporters on Debris Management in Gulf Coast Area
9/16/2005 EPA Releases Air Sampling Data Collected by Mobile Labs
9/16/2005 EPA Officials to Brief Reporters on Preliminary Results from Sediment Sampling on Gulf Coast
9/16/2005 EPA and LDEQ Report Potential Health Risks from Sediments
9/14/2005 EPA Administrator to Brief Reporters on EPA Efforts in Gulf Coast
9/14/2005 Air Sampling Data Available On-Line
9/14/2005 EPA Releases Additional Flood Water Sampling Data
9/14/2005 EPA Extends Katrina-Related Fuel Waivers for Some States
9/13/2005 EPA Administrator to Brief Reporters on EPA Efforts in Gulf Coast
9/11/2005 Flood-Water Sampling Chemical Data Available
9/9/2005 First Flood-Water Sampling Data Available Online
9/6/2005 EPA and HHS Urge Caution in Areas Exposed to Contaminated Flood Water
9/4/2005 EPA Urges Caution When Re-entering Hurricane-Damaged Homes and Buildings
Speeches and Testimony
Press Conference Materials (Transcripts, maps, audio clips)
EPA, ATSDR and LDEQ Discuss Recent Environmental Sampling Results from Hurricanes Katrina/Rita
November 10, 2005 - EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson, along with ATSDR and Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality officials, discussed recent sampling results from air quality, National Priority List sites, and sediment samples from the Murphy Oil spill and water from major bay systems on the Mississippi coast.
Air quality samples
National Priority List sites samples
Murphy Oil Spill sediment samples
Major bay systems on the Mississippi coast samples
Transcript of press briefing. HTML | PDF (33 pp, 93 K)
Federal and State Agencies Give Update on Hurricane Katrina Related Water Monitoring in the Gulf
October 21, 2005 - In ongoing efforts to actively disseminate information to the public about Hurricane Katrina recovery, federal and state agencies provided an update on findings in the Gulf. EPA announced test results from water samples collected by the EPA Ocean Survey Vessel "The Bold." NOAA announced latest findings and gave an update on the progress to date and future monitoring plans.
EPA Releases Results From Gulf Water Sampling
Transcript of press briefing. HTML | PDF (23 pp, 71 K)
Federal, State Officials to Brief Reporters on Debris Management in Gulf Coast Area
September 21, 2005 - U.S. EPA, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Occupational Safety and Health Administration Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the U.S. Coast Guard participated on a join conference call to brief reporters on debris management in the Gulf region.
Emergency Hurricane Debris Burning Guidance
Transcript of press briefing. HTML | PDF (33 pp, 63 K)
| Audio Clips (MP3): | |
Speaker: Kevin Jasper, Debris Action Officer, Army Corps of Engineers
Speaker: Charles Chisolm, Executive Director, MDEQ
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Speaker: Phil Bass, Director of Pollution Control, MDEQ
Speaker: Stan Meiburg, Deputy Regional Director, EPA, Region 4
Speaker: Ruth McCully, Director of Science, Technology and Medicine, OSHA
Speaker: Dave Gagner, Chief of Staff, Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA
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Deputy Administrator Peacock Briefs Reporters on EPA Efforts in Gulf Coast
September 16, 2005 - EPA Deputy Administrator Marcus Peacock, EPA Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Science Bill Farland and LDEQ Secretary Mike McDaniel discussed sediment samples collected from across New Orleans, Louisiana.
EPA and LDEQ Report Potential Health Risks from Sediments
Transcript of press conference. HTML | PDF (27 pp, 51 K)
| Audio Clips (MP3): | ||
Speaker: EPA Deputy Administrator Marcus Peacock "18 sediment samples..." "Sediments are residuals.." "EPA recommends..." |
Speaker: EPA Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Science Bill Farland "It was not unexpected..." "Over 100 analytes..." "For the most part..." |
Speaker: LDEQ Secretary Mike McDaniel "Initial results..." "As far as hydrocarbons..." "There is a process..." |
EPA Administrator Briefs Reporters on EPA Efforts in Gulf Coast
EPA Administrator
Johnson during
press briefing.
September 14, 2005 - EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson discussed the agency's work including rescues and testing for various pollutants or toxics following Hurricane Katrina.
Transcript of press roundtable. HTML | PDF (35 pp, 82 K)
View photos displayed during briefing in the Katrina photo gallery
Public Service Announcements (PSAs) & Informational Handouts
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in partnership with the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, recorded public service announcements (PSA) to provide information to people in the hurricane affected areas. Topics featured in these PSA's include household cleaners, hazardous materials, asbestos, lead, gas leaks, and flood water. These PSA files are for use by the media and general public.
Public Service Announcements English | en Español | Tiếng Việt
EPA is providing informational flyers on potential environmental and health issues in affected communities to residents returning home as part of EPA’s continuing outreach to help the Gulf Coast region recover.
Informational Handouts English | en Español | Tiếng Việt