DATE: June 17, 2008 9:19:24 AM EDT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Public Information Assist Team
U.S. Coast Guard
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Press Release

Date: June, 17, 2008

Contact: Mary Simms
(415)947-4270 

simms.mary@epa.gov

 


PACIFIC STRIKE TEAM ASSISTS EPA
AT MERCURY MINE CLEANUP

A member of the Pacific Strike Team deployed Sunday to assist the Environmental Protection Agency in contractor oversight during cleanup efforts at the Klau Mercury Mine near Buena Vista, Calif.

The Klau Mercury Mine in San Luis Obispo County, Calif., meets the National Contingency Plan criteria for time-critical removal action. 

For more information about the EPA's response, please contact Mary Simms (415) 947-4270.

For more information about the Coast Guard Pacific Strike Team, please contact the Public Information Assist Team at (252) 331-6000 or visit http://www.strikeforcenews.com/go/page/771/15053/.  

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