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Date: April 6, 2010

Contact: External Affairs Duty Public Affairs Specialist

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Coast Guard releases images from oil spill near Delta National Wildlife Refuge

NEW ORLEANS -- The Coast Guard is investigating a 18,000 gallon crude oil discharge approximately 10 miles southeast of Venice, La. April 6, 2010. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, the Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office – Department of Public Safety and Corrections, and Chevron Pipe Line Company (CPL), have formed a Unified Command and are working to minimize the environmental impact of the spill. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jesse Kavanaugh.

NEW ORLEANS -- Some of the approximately 18,000 gallons of crude oil that has been spilled from a pipeline approximately 10 miles southeast of Venice, La., in the Delta National Wildlife Refuge, April, 6, 2010 can be seen here. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, the Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office – Department of Public Safety and Corrections, and Chevron Pipe Line Company (CPL), have formed a Unified Command and are working to minimize the environmental impact of the spill. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jesse Kavanaugh.
NEW ORLEANS -- The Coast Guard is investigating a 18,000 gallon crude oil discharge approximately 10 miles southeast of Venice, La. April 6, 2010. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, the Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office – Department of Public Safety and Corrections, and Chevron Pipe Line Company (CPL), have formed a Unified Command and are working to minimize the environmental impact of the spill. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jesse Kavanaugh.
NEW ORLEANS -- Some of the approximately 18,000 gallons of crude oil that has been spilled from a pipeline approximately 10 miles southeast of Venice, La., in the Delta National Wildlife Refuge, April, 6, 2010 can be seen here. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, the Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office – Department of Public Safety and Corrections, and Chevron Pipe Line Company (CPL), have formed a Unified Command and are working to minimize the environmental impact of the spill. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jesse Kavanaugh.
NEW ORLEANS -- Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class James Peterson with Sector New Orleans, takes a sample from an oil spill that occured in the vicinity of South Pass, La. April 6, 2010. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, the Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office – Department of Public Safety and Corrections, and Chevron Pipe Line Company (CPL), have formed a Unified Command and are working to minimize the environmental impact of the spill. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jesse Kavanaugh.

NEW ORLEANS -- Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class James Peterson with Sector New Orleans, takes a sample from an oil spill that occured approximately 10 miles southeast of Venice, La., in the Delta National Wildlife Refuge, April 6, 2010.  Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, the Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office – Department of Public Safety and Corrections, and Chevron Pipe Line Company (CPL), have formed a Unified Command and are working to minimize the environmental impact of the spill. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jesse Kavanaugh.
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