U.S. Unified Command Extends Hurricane Environmental Response Into 2006

Environment News Service, January, 2006 by staff

METAIRIE, Louisiana (ENS) — --> A coordinated federal-state environmental response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita will continue in 2006, the U.S. Coast Guard said in a year end statement.

The multi-agency effort, organized under the National Response Plan, includes the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Coast Guard.

"Our Coast Guard men and women, agency partners and countless other environmental response personnel, have done an extraordinary job under very difficult circumstances," said Capt. Frank Paskewich, commanding officer of Coast Guard Sector New Orleans.

"Their passion and dedication to this cleanup effort is certainly recognized by many, and their commitment will carry them...

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