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Public Information Assist Team
U.S. Coast Guard |
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| News Release |
Date: Sept. 15, 2008 |
COAST GUARD ASSISTS EPA
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The Coast Guard's National Strike Force is assisting the Environmental Protection Agency Monday with Hurricane Ike recovery operations near Houston.
The NSF members are working as liaisons for the EPA as well as providing hazardous material response and incident command system support for Sector Houston-Galveston.
Ten members from the Atlantic Strike Team based in Ft. Dix, N.J; fifteen from the Gulf Strike Team based in Mobile, Ala., and one from the Pacific Strike Team based in Novato, Calif., joined the EPA's response Sunday.
For more information about the National Strike Force, please contact the Public Information Assist Team at (252) 331-6000 or visit http://www.StrikeForceNews.com.
For more information on the EPA's response to Hurricane Ike, contact the EPA Region 6 office of external affairs at
(214) 665-2200.
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