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Public Information Assist Team
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| Press Release |
Date: May 4, 2007 |
PACIFIC, ATLANTIC STRIKE TEAMS ASSIST EPA WITH CLEANUP SUPPORT
Members of the Coast Guard's Pacific and Atlantic Strike Teams are assisting the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at a contaminated soil cleanup and a hazardous materials cleanup today.
One member of the Atlantic Strike Team and one from the Pacific Strike Team deployed to the hazardous materials cleanup of an Orange, Calif., plating shop Sunday and are currently provide contractor monitoring, site safety and sampling support.
A member of the Pacific Strike Team deployed to Gallup, N.M., Thursday, where a project is underway to clean up radium contaminated soil at the site of an old uranium mine. The Coast Guardsman is providing contractor monitoring and site safety support.
For more information about both cleanup projects, please visit the EPA Region 9 news site at: http://www.epa.gov/region09/
For more information about Coast Guard Strike Teams, please contact the Public Information Assist Team at (252) 331-6000 or visit http://www.uscgnsfnews.com/
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