“The reality is we still have hundreds of miles of oiled shoreline today” says top Louisiana official — “The oil is absolutely still there”

January 4th, 2011 at 08:28 AM

Gulf of Mexico oil spill continues to foul 168 miles of Louisiana coastline, Times Picayune, December 30, 2010:

Louisiana’s senior coastal official says the state is monitoring the cleanup, and remains concerned with end-of-year conclusions that the cleanup is almost complete.

“The reality is we still have hundreds of miles of oiled shoreline today,” said Garret Graves, chairman of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority. “We still have oilings on a regular basis in areas of Jefferson and Plaquemines Parish, and there’s still a lot of oil buried back in the marshes where it was carried during high water events.

“The threat is absolutely still there and the oil is absolutely still there,” he said.

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2 comments to “The reality is we still have hundreds of miles of oiled shoreline today” says top Louisiana official — “The oil is absolutely still there”

• xdrfox

  January 4, 2011 at 10:22 am · Reply

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• soozla

  January 4, 2011 at 10:30 am · Reply

  Hayward says this,Haywards says that….
  How long are the people going to listen to the lies of BP?
  The oil is out there… contamination levels are going up.. not down.
  How many miles of the Gulf are contaminated all together? How many miles is there limited or no access due to “security”? Look at the depth of the oil found in the sand. Look how far it has reached into the marshes.
  My estimate as to when it will be clean…
  Never.