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06/14/10:
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Help provide aid to the Gulf Coast. These Oil Spill Recovery funds will provide assistance and recovery efforts to rebuild communities.
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** CDC Responds to the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
** DAILY Changes: Federal Fisheries Closure Report An updated closure is effective beginning 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time (7:00 p.m. Central Time)
** DAILY Changes: Louisiana Beach Monitoring Program Advisory Report
199 Exposure-Related Cases; Officials Continue to Monitor Health Impacts. 166 of those cases involved workers on oil rigs or workers involved in the oil spill clean-up efforts, while 33 were reported by the general public. (5th report; issued July 7, 2010)
Maps & Data
Visit geoplatform.gov/gulfresponse/ (online tool providing near-real time information about the response effort.) to see the latest information about the oil spill's trajectory, the position of NOAA's research ships, spilled oil's coastal location and the areas closed to shipping. To access the data materials generated for and by the Deepwater Response Incident, please visit data.gov/restorethegulf/.
** NOAA’s Oil Spill Response:
** July 7, 2010 - Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced the following opening to recreational and commercial fishing in a portion of Plaquemines Parish effective 6 a.m., tomorrow July 8, 2010.
** July 7, 2010 - The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals announced today that it is reopening oyster harvesting Area 7 to give harvesters as much time as possible to harvest their product
** July 7, 2010 - Report on Oil Sightings throughout Coastal Louisiana
** July 6, 2010 - Tarballs Wash Ashore in Galveston
** July 6, 2010 - State officials with the Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration are coordinating with officials from BP and the Coast Guard to drive pilings to affix boom that will help protect sensitive marsh in western Lafourche Parish.
** July 6, 2010 - In an effort to stimulate economic activity in coastal Louisiana, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced modification to state waters fishing closures to allow the recreational catch and release of finfish in closed areas effective immediately, today, July 6, 2010
** July 6, 2010 - Report on Oil Sightings throughout Coastal Louisiana
** July 5, 2010 - Oil reported in Lake Pontchartrain
** July 5, 2010 - Tar balls along Texas coast are from Deepwater Horizon; How they arrived unclear
** July 5, 2010 - Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced the following closure to recreational and commercial fishing in portions of Plaquemines and St. Bernard parishes
** July 5, 2010 - Report on Oil Sightings throughout Coastal Louisiana
** July 5, 2010 - The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals announced today the closures of oyster harvesting areas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 in response to the BP oil spill in the Gulf.
** July 5, 2010 - Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced the following closure to recreational and commercial fishing in portions of Plaquemines, St. Bernard, Orleans and St. Tammany parishes
** July 2, 2010 - Report on Oil Sightings throughout Coastal Louisiana
** July 1, 2010 - EPA Releases First Round of Toxicity Testing Data for Eight Oil Dispersants
** July 1, 2010 - Report on Oil Sightings throughout Coastal Louisiana
** June 28, 2010- Operations and Ongoing Response
** (June 24, 2010) - Report on Oil Sightings throughout Coastal Louisiana
** (June 24, 2010) - Governor Bobby Jindal issued a proclamation declaring June 27th as a “Statewide Day of Prayer” for perseverance through oil spill crisis.
** (June 22, 2010) - Report on Oil Sightings throughout Coastal Louisiana
** (June 21, 2010) - Report on Oil Sightings throughout Coastal Louisiana
** (June 21, 2010) - 143 cases of oil spill exposure-related cases have been reported to the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) to date.
** (June 20, 2010) - Vessel Decontamination Stations Available Around Louisiana
** (June 18, 2010) - Report on Oil Sightings throughout Coastal Louisiana
**
(June
18,
2010)
-
First
Lady
Supriya
Jindal
called
on
Louisianans
to
support
children
impacted
by
the
Deepwater
Horizon
oil
spill
by
donating
school
supplies
for
the
upcoming
school
year.
** (June 18, 2010) - Workforce Commission Executive Director Requests BP to Require Contractors to Use Louisiana Workers for Oil Spill Jobs, a measures to ensure that Louisiana workers are hired and trained for clean-up efforts in Louisiana.
** (June 17, 2010) - Report on Oil Sightings throughout Coastal Louisiana
** (June 17, 2010) - Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced the following opening to recreational and commercial fishing in portions of inside waters and the territorial seas in Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes effective immediately, today June 17.
** (June 16, 2010) - In a letter to federal officials Wednesday, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry requested that the federal government force BP to approve Louisiana's seafood safety plan.
** (June 16, 2010) - With $3.1 million of the $25 million granted to Louisiana by BP, the state will support approximately 15 technical assistance providers to implement a six-month, comprehensive technical support plan for businesses and individuals impacted by the oil spill.
** (June 16, 2010) - Report on Oil Sightings throughout Coastal Louisiana
** (June 15, 2010) - Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced the following opening to recreational and commercial fishing in portions of inside waters and the territorial seas east of the Mississippi River in St. Bernard Parish
** (June 15, 2010) - Sand Boom/Dredge Update and Update on Additional State Proactive Actions
** (June 15, 2010) - Report on Oil Sightings throughout Coastal Louisiana
** (June 15, 2010) - Four days after BP promised to provide needed claims information to the state in a meeting with the Louisiana Department of Social Services (DSS) and the Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC), BP has yet to honor the agreement by providing any of the crucial data.
** (June 14, 2010) - Force BP to Approve Louisiana’s Seafood Safety Plan: Governor Jindal said, “Today – with another Presidential trip to the Gulf, we have the nation’s attention again and I am grateful for that because I want to ensure everyone understands just how important the seafood industry is to Louisiana.
** (June 14, 2010) - Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced the following opening to recreational and commercial fishing in portions of inside waters east and west of the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish
** (June 14, 2010) - Federal Agencies Introduce Online Mapping Tool to Track Gulf Response. GeoPlatform.gov/gulfresponse is a new online tool that provides you with near-real time information about the response effort. Developed by NOAA with the EPA, U.S. Coast Guard, and the Department of Interior, the site offers you a “one-stop shop” for spill response information.
Using this tool
** (June 11, 2010) - Report on Oil Sightings throughout Coastal Louisiana
** (June 11, 2010) - Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Secretary Robert Barham announced the following opening to recreational and commercial fishing
** (June 11, 2010) - The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals announced today that it will partially reopen oyster harvesting Area 17
**
(June
10, 2010) -
Representatives
from
the
U.S.
Coast
Guard,
U.S.
Department
of
the
Interior,
Florida
Department
of
Environmental
Protection,
and
BP
stood
up
a
Florida
Peninsula
Command
Post
in
Miami
Thursday.
** (June 10, 2010) - The Louisiana National Guard received approval yesterday evening from the U.S. Coast Guard to field ten additional vacuum barges bringing the number approved to 13.
** (June 10, 2010) -Report on Oil Sightings throughout Coastal Louisiana
(click on the photos)
For All Louisiana Updates
Current
Air Quality Along the Gulf Coast
These
maps and charts will be updated hourly to show the most recent conditions.
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Available Resources:
education on the claims process
The state will select up to 15 organizations to provide education on the claims process, as well as assist individuals and businesses in analyzing and preparing needed documentation for claims.
Technical assistance providers will be announced in July and will be funded by $2 million granted to the state by BP.
Technical Assistance Provider solicitations must be received by July 2, 2010, at 8:00 a.m. See below for full solicitation request. Click here to read full press release.
If you have been affected by the Oil Spill, you may be eligible for funds to help cover your losses. BP has set up a claims process and has begun to compensate individuals and business for loss and/or damages including property damages and loss of income.
BP COMMUNITY AND CLAIMS OFFICE LOCATIONS
Click for Location Information
For those who have already pursued the BP claims process and are not satisfied with BP’s resolution, call the Coast Guard's National Pollution Fund Center (NPFC) at (800) 280-7118.
To file a claim with the Coast Guard, you must first file a claim with BP. Both private individuals and businesses that have filed claims with BP that were either denied or not settled in 90 days may file claims by calling 1-800-280-7118.
Coast Guard's National Pollution Fund Center (NPFC)
FAQs: Deepwater Oil Spill BP & NPFC Claims Questions Answered FAQs: $20 billion Claims Escrow Account
To check on the status of a claim or if you have not heard from a claim adjuster, call: 1-800-573-8249 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. CDT, seven days a week. Be prepared to provide your name, address, and claim number. No person asserting a claim or receiving payment for interim benefits will be asked or required to sign a release or waive any rights to assert additional claims, to file an individual legal action, or to participate in other legal actions associated with the Deepwater Horizon incident.
Oil Spill Jobs-Current Listing of Job Opportunities from the Louisiana Workforce Commission
Louisiana Awarded $10 Million Federal Grant for Oil Spill-Related Re-employment Services Employment Grant: The Louisiana Workforce Commission has been awarded a $10 million grant to provide employment-related assistance and retraining for people who have lost their jobs because of the oil spill.
Grant services include: basic skills and job skills assessments, training and job placement assistance, services for people who have lost work as a direct result of the spill, such as shrimpers, and as an indirect result of the spill, such as those affected by the federal moratorium on some offshore drilling.
Parishes receiving funding services:
Acadia, Allen, Assumption, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline,
Iberia, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Lafourche, Orleans,
Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Tammany, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary,
Terrebonne, and Vermilion.
P lease call or register with the Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC) for oil spill clean-up jobs to receive training opportunities Click here for LOCAL OFFICES and SERVICES - Select "Job Seeker Services" under the "Choose by Services" option.
Do
You
Need
The
BP
Spill
Response
Training
Schedule?
BP Class Schedule ― See Schedule Verify BP Training Tool ― www.bpbadge.com Verify BP Training Tool ― Instructions For information on BP SPILL RESPONSE training email: horizonresponse@pecpremier.com.
** Vessels of Opportunity Training/Info
Human Services (Mobile Units for Applying to/for Services; Food Stamp locations, etc):
Open Houses/Expos: There will be Open Houses/Expos held in the following locations next week. Officials from BP, the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Dept. of Environmental Quality, Louisiana Workforce Commission, LSU AG Center Research and Extension, Dept. of Economic Development, and the Dept. of Social Services will be on hand. The Open House/Expos will offer residents the opportunity to engage one-on-one with experts about the techniques, strategies and materials being used in the spill response.
** NEW - (July 2, 2010) -
A range of services will be offered, including assistance with applying for potential jobs that may become available due to the oil spill. Workforce Commission services are offered at no cost to employers and participating job seekers.
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP (Food Stamps)
** The Department of Social Services reminds those affected by the spill that they could be eligible for the regular Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps. To read the release, click here for the revised income & assets guideline limits.
Apply
for DSS Assistance
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps, offers longer-term food assistance by way of an Electronic Benefits Card (EBT) that recipients can use to purchase foods for the household to eat, such as breads and cereals; fruits and vegetables; meats, fish and poultry; and dairy products or to purchase seeds and plants which produce food for the household to eat. In some areas, restaurants can be authorized to accept regular SNAP benefits from qualified homeless, elderly, or disabled people in exchange for low-cost meals. DSS recently issued an emergency rule that excludes lump sum insurance payments, payments from BP other than wages and business accounts from being counted toward an applicant’s resources.
DSS currently operates several SNAP Outreach centers in coastal parishes.
SNAP Outreach sites are open Monday through Friday and are evaluated daily.
SEE BELOW to view the latest SNAP outreach sites or call Sammy Guillory at
For information on applying for SNAP benefits in other Gulf States, call the following hotlines: Alabama - 334-242-1700 Florida - 1-866-762-2237 Mississippi – 1-800-948-3050 Texas – 211 (in State calls only) or 877-541-7905 (if out of state)
Mental Health Counseling and Case Management Catholic Charities offers: Case Management Services Mental Health/Crisis Counseling
Other ways to reach Catholic Charities |
Catholic Charities Care Line (866) 891-2210
Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans serves Orleans, St. Bernard, Plaquemines, Jefferson, St. Charles, St. John the Baptists, St. Tammany and Washington parishes.
DHH - Louisiana Spirit Coastal Recovery Counseling Program
Provides
crisis counseling and referrals:
Call 1-866-310-7977
Business Recovery Centers
Louisiana Economic Development is offering free, one-on-one
consultations with Small Business Association (SBA) assessing business
economic injury, assistance with SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loan
program and review of all options to ensure each business makes the
right financial decisions.
Eligible small businesses include those engaged in shrimping, crabbing and oyster fishing in waters affected by the closure (employees or crew members are not small businesses and are not eligible); small businesses dependent on the catching or sale of shrimp, crabs and oysters and suppliers of fishing gear and fuel; docks, boatyards, processors, wholesalers, shippers, retailers and other small businesses dependent on revenue from fishing, recreational and sports-fishing small businesses, and coastal small businesses.
For business owners who are unable to visit a center, they may obtain loan information and application forms by calling SBA's Customer Service Center at 800.659.2955 or 800.877.8339 for the hearing impaired, e-mailing disastercustomerservice@sba.gov, or visiting SBA's website at www.sba.gov/services/disasterassistance. They may also apply online using the electronic loan application on SBA's website at https://disasterloan.sba.gov/ela. (The deadline to apply for these loans is Feb. 7, 2011.)
EIDL loans were activated in these 34 parishes: Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Evangeline, Iberia, Iberville, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Lafourche, Livingston, Orleans, Plaquemines, Pointe Coupee, Rapides, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. Helena, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Terrebonne, Vermilion, Washington, West Baton Rouge and West Feliciana parishes. The loans were also activated in these seven counties in Mississippi: Amite, Hancock, Marion, Pearl River, Pike, Walthall and Wilkinson.
BP Government Entity Claims Process Guidelines
This document from BP provides information to parishes, local governments, and sub-units of those that have or may incur costs in responding to the Deepwater Horizon Incident.
BP Claims Process Manual
BP’s document that describes the claims process established to take and process legitimate claims arising from the Deepwater Horizon Incident.
Natural Resource Damage Assessment
The goal of the Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) process under the Oil Pollution Act and the Louisiana Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act is to compensate the public for injuries to natural resources and their services as a result of an incident. Federal and State trustees act on behalf of the public to return natural resources and services to the condition they would have been in if the incident had not occurred, and to obtain compensation for interim losses of such natural resources and services through the restoration, rehabilitation, replacement or acquisition of equivalent natural resources and/or services.
Impact and Needs Assessment – Request for Information
Below is a general scope of work for a potential needs assessment
to be conducted in response to the oil spill and the need for local
communities and the organizations that serve them to have timely,
accurate information on the short and long term impact of the spill.
Please share this with appropriate contacts that may have the capacity
and willingness to take on such a project. This is an initial attempt to
gain an understanding of the potential cost and means available to
conduct this assessment. This is not a formal RFP or Solicitation.
Responses are due from interested organizations by close of business on
Wednesday, June 9, 2010.
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Requests made to BP
06.04.10 - State of Louisiana Makes Repeated Requests to BP with No Action from BP
05.29.10 - State Officials Submit Letter to BP Outlining Proposed Seafood Safety Program
BP’s Responses to Requests
Important Web Sites:
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Gulf Oil Spill 2010 Projected Trajectory
Volunteer Information
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