Oil Update

Florida Department of Environmental Protection - Deepwater Horizon oil spill Website: http://www.dep.state.fl.us/deepwaterhorizon/default.htm

Primary Location for information

 

Florida Oil Spill Information Line: 1 (888) 337 - 3569

If you're looking for more information on the current status of the Oil in the Gulf of Mexico we'd like to provide you with a few links where you can receive up-to-date information.

 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: www.noaa.gov
Coast Guard: www.uscg.mil/default.asp (Click on "Breaking News")
BP: www.bp.com

Florida Division of Emergency Management: http://www.floridadisaster.org/index.asp

University of South Florida - College of Marine Science: http://ocgweb.marine.usf.edu
Tampa Bay Watch - Volunteer (in the event we need them): www.tampabaywatch.org

 

Thanks to the Tampa Bay Beaches Chamber of Commerce for providing us with many of these links.

Here are several sources that you can directly access to get up to date information:

* Florida Emergency Information Line - 1-800-342-3557
* Report oiled shoreline or request volunteer information:
(866)-448-5816
* Submit alternative response technology, services or products:
(281) 366-5511
* Submit your vessel as a vessel of opportunity skimming system:
(281) 366-5511
* Submit a claim for damages:
(800) 440-0858
* Report oiled wildlife:
(866) 557-1401

Website Information:

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries Response: http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Deepwater Horizon Website: http://www.epa.gov/bpspill/

U.S. Department of Energy Situation Reports for Deepwater Horizon Incident: http://www.oe.netl.doe.gov/named_event.aspx?ID=28

U.S. Minerals Management Service (MMS) Gulf of Mexico Website: http://www.mms.gov/DeepwaterHorizon.htm

U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) Deepwater Horizon site: http://www.doi.gov/deepwaterhorizon/index.cfm

Florida Department of Environmental of Protection Deepwater Horizon Website: http://www.dep.state.fl.us/deepwaterhorizon/default.htm

American Petroleum Institute Deepwater Horizon Question and Answer Website: http://www.api.org/Newsroom/safetyresponse/index.cfm

 

 

Top Photo: NEW ORLEANS : Debris and oil fromthe Deepwater Horizon drilling platform float in the Gulf of Mexico after the rig sank April 22, 2010. The mobile offshore drilling platform was engulfed in flames after an explosion April 20. The Coast Guard continues to search for the 11 missing workers. (From the U.S. Coast Guard website)

Bottom Photo: GULF OF MEXICO - Dark clouds of smoke and fire emerge as oil burns during a controlled fire in the Gulf of Mexico, May 6, 2010. The U.S. Coast Guard working in partnership with BP PLC, local residents, and other federal agencies conducted the in situ burn to aid in preventing the spread of oil following the April 20 explosion on Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit Deepwater Horizon. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin Stumberg)

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