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Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council releases Draft Initial Comprehensive Plan: Restoring the Gulf Coast’s Ecosystem and Economy The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council released the Draft Initial Comprehensive Plan: Restoring the Gulf Coast’s Ecosystem and Economy and accompanying Draft Environmental Assessment for formal public comment.
Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council releases Draft Initial Comprehensive Plan: Restoring the Gulf Coast’s Ecosystem and Economy
The Path Forward to Restoring the Gulf Coast The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council released The Path Forward to Restoring the Gulf Coast as an initial step in developing a more detailed Comprehensive Plan.
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The Path Forward to Restoring the Gulf Coast
Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council: First Public Meeting The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (the Council) will hold its first public meeting on December 11, 2012 in Mobile, Alabama.
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Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council: First Public Meeting
Technical Assistance This page is intended to help individuals, small businesses, and communities navigate the many different kinds of resources that they may seek to leverage as they plan for recovery and the future. Communities, individuals, and small businesses across the country may benefit from the information provided here.
Technical Assistance
Natural Resource Damage Assessment After an oil spill, federal agencies study the effects through the Natural Resource Damage Assessment process, identifying the impacts to natural resources, best methods for restoration, and amount of restoration required.
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Natural Resource Damage Assessment
Get Assistance Submit a claims form for damages resulting from the oil spill and necessary response costs.
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Leading the Recovery "President Obama has said many times that our commitment to the families and environment in the Gulf extends far beyond capping the well.  [...] Our work is not complete until the people and the environment they rely on are on the path to restoration and recovery," said EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson.
Leading the Recovery
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U.S. Coast Guard Deepwater Horizon Response transitions to National Response Center reporting
Monday, June 10, 2013 - 10:20
NEW ORLEANS - The Federal On-Scene Coordinator for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill has announced that the Gulf Coast Incident Management Team has started transitioning back to National Response Center reporting. The primary function of the NRC is to serve as the sole national point of contact for reporting all oil, chemical, radiological, biological and etiological discharges into the environment anywhere in the United States and its territories. The reported information is passed to a local Coast Guardsman who investigates the report and takes appropriate action.

An egret with a boom in the background - U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Patrick Kelley.

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West Wing Week: "Dispatches from the Gulf"

This video travels through America's Gulf Coast. Get a behind the scenes look at the federal government’s unprecedented and historic effort to clean up the Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill.