Pacific Strike Team assists EPA at Nev. superfund site

DATE: July 30, 2007 1:44:31 PM EDT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Public Information Assist Team U.S. Coast Guard

Press Release	Date: July 30, 2007 Contact: Dean Higuchi (808) 541-2711

Two members of the Pacific Strike Team deployed Sunday to assist the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at a superfund site in Yerington, Nev.

The strike team members will assist the EPA with soil sampling at the Anaconda Mine to determine possible radiological and metal contamination.

For more information about the EPA's response, please contact Dean Higuchi at (808) 541-2711 or visit the Region 9 Superfund Web site at http://www.epa.gov/region09/waste/sfund/index.html.

For more information about the Coast Guard Pacific Strike Team, please contact the Public Information Assist Team at (252) 331-6000.

For online information about the Pacific Strike Team, please visit http://www.StrikeForceNews.com/go/page/771/15053/

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