BP Complaints

WHO:  Adm. Thad Allen, National Incident Commander and Dr. Jane Lubchenco, Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

WHAT: Teleconference to provide update on ongoing Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill response efforts

WHEN: Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010, 12:15 p.m., EDT. The call-in number is (866) 304-5784 for domestic callers, and (706) 643-1612 for international callers. Conference ID# 95435826

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WHO:  Coast Guard Cutter Venturous is a 210-foot Reliance class cutter, homeported in St. Petersburg. It has a crew of 85 officers and enlisted personnel.  Crew members will be available for interview.

WHAT:  The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Venturous is scheduled to return from their patrol following a 49-day deployment to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill response and Caribbean Sea.

WHEN:  9:15 a.m. EST, Wednesday, August 18, 2010.  Media interested in attending the Venturous return are requested to arrive no later than 9 a.m.

WHERE:  Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg’s South Moorings, 1310 Beach Drive S.E., St. Petersburg, Fla.

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Venturous is scheduled to return from their patrol Wednesday at 9:15 a.m., following a 49-day deployment to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill response and the Caribbean Sea.

After arriving off the coast of Pensacola, Fla., the Venturous crew assumed on-scene command and control for vessels responding to the spill. Crewmembers developed a communications and operations framework that will help to sustain continued oil spill response efforts in the future.

“The crew has exceeded expectations on this patrol and we’re pleased to have played an active role in preventing additional oil from reaching gulf coast beaches,” said Cmdr. Ted St. Pierre, commanding officer for the Venturous.

Once the Deepwater Horizon well site was capped and Coast Guard Cutter Decisive took over the command and control duties, Venturous crewmembers continued their patrol off the coast of Haiti in support of Alien Migrant Interdiction Operations.

Coast Guard Cutter Venturous is a 210-foot Reliance class cutter, homeported in St. Petersburg. It has a crew of 85 officers and enlisted personnel. Typical missions include counter-drug operations, alien migrant interdiction, search and rescue and fisheries enforcement.

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