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Tragically, oil spills happen
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DWH Trustee Council Membership
*Federal Trustees:U.S. DOC NOAAU.S. DOI FWS, NPS, BLM, BIAU.S.
DOD -Navy
State Trustees:Alabama FloridaLouisianaMississippiTexas
Trustee Council: Goal: Work cooperatively to determine the
magnitude andextent of injury to natural resources in the GOM from
the DWH spill and fully restore those injured resources
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Current Assessment Activities for DWH*Technical Working Groups
(TWGs) State and Federal natural resource trustees and BP
implementing pre-/post-impact field studies for multiple
resources:
Includes water, sediment, tissue sampling and observations from
planes, ships and shore
Includes potential impacts from the response
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NRDA Assessment Activities*
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Sampling Snapshot:*Over 89 offshore research cruises~27,000 NRDA
environmental samples:13,019 water4,199 sediment, and5,815 tissue
samples.~4,200 linear miles of shoreline surveyedWildlife: Live
oiled wildlife captured: >2,079 birds and 456 sea turtles. Dead
visibly oiled wildlife collected: 2,263 birds, 18 sea turtles; 5
marine mammals.Several hundred transmitters on wide-ranging
speciesDeepwater communities impacts
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Collecting & surveying impacts to varieties of fish/mammals
and seafood safety samplingPerforming sub-surface testing to
determine presence of oil and monitor water quality Vessels*THOMAS
JEFFERSONGORDON GUNTERPISCESDELAWARE IINumerous Partnerships
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TBDMussel Watch Special Sampling*
Number of Sites SampledOyster Tissue Organics49Oyster Tissue
Metals49Oyster Tissue Histopathology42H2O Salinity45H2O PAHs43H2O
VOAs45Sediment Organics44Sediment Metals44Sediment VOAs44Sediment
P450 Toxicity43Sediment Benthos41
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Oyster Metals Analyses- arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper,
lead, mercury, tin, zinc - nickel & vanadiumYears of samples-
2007/2008 & - November 2010
Human HealthNOAA & FDA Collaboration*
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Relative Amount of Flocculant *
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Sediment Core*
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Federal Web Portal
www.restorethegulf.govClear and accessible information and
resources for the publicOne-stop repository for news, data and
operational updates related to administration-wide efforts
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