DATE: December 11, 2007 4:04:58 PM EST
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Public Information Assist Team
U.S. Coast Guard
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Press Release

Date: Dec. 11, 2007

Contact: Laura Niles
(404) 562-8353


GULF STRIKE TEAM ASSISTS WITH HAZARDOUS MATERIAL REMOVAL

Two members of the Gulf Strike Team deployed today to assist the Environmental Protection Agency and the Georgia Environmental Protection Division with removal of hazardous materials at an abandoned drum site in Dawson, Ga.

The strike team members are providing contractor oversight as drum overpacking operations are underway.

For more information about the EPA's response, please contact (404) 562-8353 or visit http://www.epaosc.org/circleenvironmental1.

For more information about the Coast Guard's Gulf Strike Team, please contact the Public Information Assist Team at (252) 331-6000 or visit http://www.StrikeForceNews.com/go/page/771/15052/.

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