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Date: Sept. 19, 2005
Contact: Joint Information Center
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SUNDOWN EAST OIL FACILITY SPILL

BATON ROUGE, LA - Click on the following thumbnail photographs or links for high resolution versions.

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BATON ROUGE, LA - An oil skimmer cleans oil from the water's surface at the Sundown East oil facility in Southeast Louisiana.  The site which has spilled approximately 18,900 gallons of oil after sustaining damage during Hurricane Katrina, is one of ten large oil spills that federal, state, and local officials are responding to in cooperation with industry partners.  U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd  Class Mariana O'Leary.

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BATON ROUGE, La. - Coast Guard Petty Officer First Class Quoen Harris and Chief Petty Officer Phillip Jenicek gather samples of oil from the Sundown East Oil Facility in Southeast Louisiana Sept. 17.  U.S. Coast Guard photo by Mariana O'Leary.

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BATON ROUGE, La. - Edward Primeau, safety officer with Coast Guard Atlantic Strike Team, evaluates cleanup operations at the Sundown East Oil Facility, Sept. 17.  The site, which has spilled approximately 18,900 gallons of oil after sustaining damage during the hurricane, is one of several oil spills that federal, state, and local officials are responding to in cooperation with facility owners.  U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Mariana O'Leary.

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BATON ROUGE, La. - U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Phillip Jenicek of Sector New Orleans and Edward Primeau of Atlantic Strike Team take samples at the Sundown East Oil Facility Sept. 17.  The site, which has spilled approximately 18,900 gallons of oil after sustaining damage during Hurricane Katrina, is one of several oil spills that federal, state, and local officials are responding to in cooperation with facility owners.  U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd  Class Mariana O'Leary.

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BATON ROUGE, La. - Petty Officer 1st Class Quoen Harris of Atlantic Strike Team based in Fort Dix, N.J., takes a sample at the Sundown East oil spill site in Hurricane Katrina affected southeast Louisiana, Sept. 17, 2005.  U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd  Class Mariana O'Leary.  
 

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