President Obama is seeking to take charge of the BP Oil Spill and over a two-day period will visit Mississippi, Alabama and Pensacola, Florida to assess the ongoing efforts to cap the leaking well and the clean-up efforts underway in the gulf. Obama will be receiving briefings from area officials and visit with gulf residents impacted by the spill. This is the president’s fourth trip to the gulf in connection with the oil spill.
In Mississippi, the President will be:
GREETED BY
Governor Haley Barbour
First Lady Marsha Barbour
GULF COAST BRIEFING
Coast Guard Station
Gulfport, MS
Later in the morning, the President will receive a briefing with Admiral Allen and local officials on efforts to fight the BP oil spill at the Coast Guard Station Gulfport in Gulfport, Mississippi.
Attendees
Admiral Thad Allen
Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President
Carol Browner, Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change
Governor Haley Barbour
First Lady Marsha Barbour
Governor Bobby Jindal
US Senator Roger Wicker
US Representative Gene Taylor
George Schloegel, Mayor of Gulfport
State Attorney General Jim Hood
USCG Captain Steve Poulin
Trudy Fisher, Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
Mike Womack, Mississippi Emergency of Management Agency
Bill Walker, Mississippi Department of Marine Resources
A.J. Holloway, Mayor of Biloxi
William Martin, Harrison County Supervisor
Mike Mangum, Jackson County Supervisor
Brian “Hootie” Adam, Director, Hancock County Emergency Management
TOUR & STATEMENT TO THE PRESS
Theodore Staging Facility
Theodore, AL
In the afternoon, the President will travel to Theodore, Alabama. Upon arrival in Theodore, the President will tour the Theodore Staging Facility. Following the tour, the President will deliver remarks to the press.
Greeted by
Governor Bob Riley
Walt Dorn, Director of Energy Services, Patriot Environmental Services
Thomas Scranton, Owner, Patriot Environmental Services
Glenn McCarthy, Systems & Project Manager, Patriot Environmental Services
Participants
Admiral Thad Allen
Governor Bob Riley
US Representative Jo Bonner
Ron Sparks, Commissioner of Agriculture & Industries
Lt. Governor Jim Folsom
State Attorney General Troy King
State Treasurer Kay Ivey
State Auditor Shirley Samantha Sam Shaw
Secretary of State Beth Chapman
Sam Jones, Mayor of Mobile
Merceria Ludgood, Mobile County Commission President
Mayor Stan Wright, Mayor of Bayou La Batre
State Senator Vivian Figures
State Senator Ben Brooks
State Senator Trip Pittman
Tim Kant, Mayor of Fairhope
Skip Gruber, Baldwin County Commission President
State Rep. Spencer Collier
Overview of Theodore Staging and Decontamination Site
The Site at Theodore encompasses a multitude of operations located on 50 acres at the Theodore Industrial Port at Core Industries in support of the ongoing cleanup operations associated with the Horizon event. These operations and their areas include but are not limited to the following:
· Staging of Personnel, Equipment and Materials
· On-Site Water Treatment / Recycling
· Solid and Liquid Waste Minimization
· Containment Boom Repair Center
· Marine Support Operations
· Large Vessel and Equipment Decontamination
Patriot Environmental Services is contracted directly with BP to provide facility, personnel, equipment and material support for the Horizon Incident. Patriot is providing management personnel and systems in order to facilitate overall site management and decontamination operations. Patriot’s management teams have contracted with a number of local contractors and labor sources to provide the vast majority of the Patriot team. Patriot has been and continues to provide on-site training for their locally acquired personnel assets.
Patriot’s role in Theodore is to assist in managing the site for day to day operations including the management of all personnel support needs i.e. food, water, personnel hygiene, comfort and safety on the site. At any one time there may be from 200 to 2,000 personnel at the site during the day.
FERRY FROM DAUPHIN ISLAND, AL TO FORT MORGAN, AL
Later in the afternoon, the President will travel by ferry from Dauphin Island, Alabama to Fort Morgan, Alabama.
Participants
Admiral Thad Allen
Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President
Governor Bob Riley
Jeff Collier, Mayor of Dauphin Island
Robert Craft, Mayor of Gulf Shores
I, Glenn McCarthy, am not an owner of Patriot. I am a Systems and Project Manager. The partners of Patriot are Tom Scranton and Mike Sullivan. I would appreciate if you make this correction. Thank you.
Glenn McCarthy