One Year Later Press Pack

Gulf Coast Incident Management Team Fact Sheet
Incident Commander: Mike Utsler
Federal On scene Coordinator: Coast Guard Capt. James Hanzalik, District 8
Deputy Incident Commander: Coast Guard Cmdr. Dan Lauer, District 8
Deputy Incident Commander: Coast Guard Cmdr. Matthew McCann, Atlantic Strike Team

RESPONSE FACTS:
•  4.9 million barrels of oil discharged
•  47, 829 Responders at peak
•  9,700 vessels at peak
•  6,500 government and commercial vessels
•  3,200 vessels of opportunity
•  3.8 million feet of hard boom deployed
•  9.7 million feet of soft boom deployed
•  1.8 million gallons of dispersants used
•  411 in-situ burns conducted (265,450 barrels of oil burned)
•  127 surveillance aircraft
•  4 incident command posts (TX, LA, AL and FL)
•  17 subordinate branches
•  32 equipment staging areas
•  1 aviation coordination center, Tyndall Air Force Base
•  1.4 million barrels of liquid waste collected
•  92 tons of solid waste collected

COAST GUARD ASSETS:
• 7,000 active and reserve personnel
• 60 cutters deployed to the scene, 24 in one day
•  22 aircraft, 78 rotary wing, 45 fixed wing

INTERNATIONAL OFFERS OF ASSISTANCE:
•  47 offers accepted (boom and skimmers)
•  Governments providing assistance:
•  Canada, Mexico, Norway, Japan, Germany, France, UK, Tunisia, Belgium, Qatar, Kenya, China, Russia, Netherlands, Sweden and the European Union

FATE OF OIL:
4.9 million barrels of oil discharged
800,000 plus barrels oily water recovered
More than 400 in-situ burns conducted
265,000 plus barrels oil removed by in‐situ burns
770,000 plus gallons subsea dispersants applied
1.07 million gallons of dispersants applied

Imagery

Please click the links below for recent video imagery:
Pensacola Beach Coast Guard aerial footage shows the beaches of Pensacola Beach, Fla., April 6, 2011, almost a year following the Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill. For the past year federal, state and local responders have worked together to restore the Gulf after the April 20, 2010 spill. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 1st Class Allyson E.T. Conroy.

Gulf Shores, Alabama Coast Guard aerial footage shows the beaches of Gulf Shores, Ala., April 6, 2011, almost a year following the Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill. For the past year federal, state and local responders have worked together to restore the Gulf after the April 20, 2010 spill. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 1st Class Allyson E.T. Conroy.

Biloxi, Miss. Coast Guard aerial footage shows the beaches of Biloxi, Miss., April 6, 2011, almost a year following the Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill. For the past year federal, state and local responders have worked together to restore the Gulf after the April 20, 2010 spill. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 1st Class Allyson E.T. Conroy.

Grand Isle, La. Coast Guard aerial footage shows the beaches and marshes of Grand Isle, La., April 6, 2011, almost a year following the Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill. For the past year federal, state and local responders have worked together to restore the Gulf after the April 20, 2010 spill. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 1st Class Allyson E.T. Conroy.

Maps of the Response

Florida Shoreline Map

Alabama Shoreline Map

Mississippi Shoreline Map

Louisiana Shoreline Map

Important links:
www.restorethegulf.gov
OSAT 1 Report
OSAT 2 Report

Gulf Coast Incident Management Team Joint Information Center 713.323.1670

For Gulf Coast Seafood concerns please call 727.551.5707