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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

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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

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April-June 2006

6/8/2006 EPA To Close Household Hazardous Waste Pick Up in St. Tammany Parish -- June 15 deadline to call for pick-up

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

5/10/2006 EPA settles with Airgas for Michigan chemical reporting violations; includes $39,221 fine and hurricane Katrina recovery project

5/8/2006 Best Buy Partners with EPA to Reduce Cost of Recycling Hurricane-Damaged Electronics in Ongoing Debris Cleanup

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

4/4/06 Release of Multi-Agency Report Shows Elevated Lead Levels in New Orleans Soil, Consistent with Historic Levels of Urban Lead

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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

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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 U.S. EPA Urges Residents To Drop Off Household Hazardous Waste During Weekend Collection in Orleans Parish

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

12/1/2005 EPA and Dell To Recycle Electronic Equipment Destroyed by Hurricane Katrina - Free drop-off event on Dec. 3

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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

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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

10/24/2005 EPA Provides Information on Water Systems: Special precautions and actions in aftermath of hurricanes

10/23/2005 EPA Provides Information on Septic Systems: Special precautions and actions in aftermath of hurricanes

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

10/18/2005 EPA Offers Informational Flyers in Spanish on Possible Environmental and Health Issues for Residents Returning to Hurricane Impacted Areas

10/14/2005 EPA Offers Informational Flyers on Possible Environmental and Health Issues for Residents Returning to Hurricane Impacted Areas

10/13/2005 Enviromapper Displays Test Results and Sites from Hurricane Sampling Activities

10/12/2005 EPA Releases PSAs in Spanish on Potential Environmental and Health Hazards for Residents Returning To Hurricane Impacted Areas

10/8/2005 Hurricane Katrina Response Activities Daily Update - Region 6

10/7/2005 EPA Releases PSAs on Potential Environmental and Health Hazards for Residents Returning To Hurricane Impacted Areas

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 Hotel and Restaurant Owners Urged by EPA and LA Dept. of Health and Hospitals to Ensure Healthy Drinking Water

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

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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 and Federal Partners Warn of Potential Environmental Health Hazards When Returning to Homes and Businesses after Hurricane Katrina

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

9/8/2005 Updated: EPA and CDC Report High Levels of Bacterial Contamination in Preliminary Floodwater Samples from New Orleans

9/7/2005 EPA and CDC Report High Levels of Bacterial Contamination in Preliminary Floodwater Samples from New Orleans

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

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Speeches and Testimony

9/29/2005 Deputy Administrator Marcus Peacock Statement Before the Sub-committee On Environment and Hazardous Materials, Committee on Energy and Commerce

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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)

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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)

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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

"Good afternoon..."
(:25 secs, 195 K)

"This is far and above..."
(:24 secs, 188 K)

"Cumulatively.."
(:13 secs, 107 K)

"We set our staging sites ..."
(:11 secs, 87 K)

"And I must point out ..."
(:17 secs, 134 K)

Speaker: Charles Chisolm, Executive Director, MDEQ

"I want to recognize ..."
(:22 secs, 176 K)

"A lot of waste separation ..."
(:19 secs, 149 K)

"We're already planning..."
(:8 secs, 66 K)

Speaker: Phil Bass, Director of Pollution Control, MDEQ

"We have worked..."
(:30 secs, 238 K)

Speaker: Stan Meiburg, Deputy Regional Director, EPA, Region 4

"We are also..."
(:20 secs, 162 K)

"I really want to commend..."
(:12 secs, 97 K)

Speaker: Ruth McCully, Director of Science, Technology and Medicine, OSHA

"From an OSHA perspective ..."
(:52 secs, 405 K)

"We are operating ..."
(:16 secs, 125 K)

"So far in Mississippi ..."
(:12 secs, 99 K)

Speaker: Dave Gagner, Chief of Staff, Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA

"We have worked..."
(:30 secs, 238 K)

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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..."
(:22 secs, 173 K)

"Sediments are residuals.."
(:22 secs, 172 K)

"EPA recommends..."
(:8 secs, 66 K)

Speaker: EPA Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Science Bill Farland

"It was not unexpected..."
(:40 secs, 312 K)

"Over 100 analytes..."
(:19 secs, 148 K)

"For the most part..."
(:21 secs, 165 K)

Speaker: LDEQ Secretary Mike McDaniel

"Initial results..."
(1:04 secs, 119 K)

"As far as hydrocarbons..."
(:23 secs, 180 K)

"There is a process..."
(:22 secs, 177 K)

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EPA Administrator Briefs Reporters on EPA Efforts in Gulf Coast

 EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson

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.

Public Advisory: EPA and Federal Partners Warn of Potential Environmental Health Hazards When Returning to Homes and Businesses after Hurricane Katrina

Transcript of press roundtable. HTML | PDF (35 pp, 82 K)

View photos displayed during briefing in the Katrina photo gallery

 

Audio Clips (MP3):
Speaker: Administrator Johnson

Flood water segment
(1:04 secs, 504 K)
Transcript of flood water segment

Debris segment
(:35 secs, 282 K)
Transcript of debris segment

Sediment segment
(:30 secs, 235 K)
Transcript of sediment segment

ASPECT* testing segment
(:25 secs, 231 K)
Transcript of ASPECT testing segment

Air testing example segment
(:32 secs, 256 K)
Transcript of air testing example segment

Wrap-up statement
(:57 secs, 450 K)
Transcript of wrap-up segment

 

Maps:
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Map of sediment sampling sites in New Orleans.
(431 K, JPG)

Map of affected drinking water facilities in Louisiana.
(509 K, JPG)

Map of municipal wastewater facilities and their status.
(423 K, JPG)

Map of floodwater sampling sites in New Orleans.
(410 K, JPG)

Air Monitoring slide with photos of ASPECT* and TAGA*
(69 K, JPG)

*ASPECT - Airborne Spectral Photometric Environmental Collection Technology. More on ASPECT.
*TAGA - Trace Atmospheric Gas Analyzer. More on TAGA.

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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

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