Gulf Oil Spill Volunteer Information from BP

Horizonsupport@oegllc.com
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date Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 12:35 PM
subject Horizon Call Center


Adam Trotter,

Thank you for registering with the BP Horizon Response Center. BP is working with state organizations to coordinate volunteer efforts in affected Gulf of Mexico states.

As a volunteer you will not come into contact with oil contaminated materials, but may perform mitigation activities in non-oil contaminated areas such as pre-cleaning beaches.

Volunteers will be allowed to work in wildlife recovery and rehabilitation facilities; however, volunteers who do not have federal / state wildlife licenses cannot handle the wildlife. If you are interested in working in these facilities your name will be passed along to the wildlife recovery and rehabilitation coordinators so they can contact you when they need assistance.

If you are interested in this type of role, please contact one of the following organizations:
• Louisiana: http://www.volunteerlouisiana.gov/ or call 2-1-1 or 1-800-755-5175
• Mississippi: http://www.mcvs.org
• Florida: http://www.volunteerflorida.org/ (verify registration is open)
• Alabama: http://www.servealabama.gov/ – or call 2-1-1 or 1-888-421-1266

After registering with the state to volunteer, they may contact you if and when your support is needed. Following activation, you will be provided safety training at the beginning of your work assignment at the location you are advised to report to begin work. Please write down this information and do not lose it as the Horizon Response Center will not have your assignment information.

All oil-contaminated materials will only be handled by Qualified Community Responders (QCR) and not by volunteers. BP is providing training through PEC / Premier Safety Management. However, the BP training modules are of use primarily to individuals interested in employment and not volunteers.

Please note that, in general, volunteers must be 18 years of age or older to participate. Please refer to state websites for more details on any age restrictions.

Regards,
BP Horizon Response Center

Where are the Jobs?

June 5th, 2010

So where are all the jobs? Where is the recovery from the recession? Why is the government not immediately hiring folks to clean the beaches as a result of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico - or are they? They apparently only want volunteers to 'pre-clean' the beaches? Has not the oil washed ashore? Is there nothing to be done to catch the oil at sea which would include hiring of individuals?

AVT

Oil Spill Affected Areas and Lack of Federal Government Support for Clean Up.

June 5th, 2010

Is it just me or does it also appear to others that not much is being done on the Federal level to help the regions affected by the recent oil-spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico? I mean, it almost appears as though someone is trying to prove a point about the pit falls of off-shore drilling for oil. To leave everything in the hands of BP seems as though such might not be the most productive solution. Why is not several of our hundreds of Navy ships working the clean-up efforts too - or are they? Why are not volunteers being enlisted/hired to try and catch the oil at sea - or are they? Is it believed that any proactive clean-up at sea would be a waste of time? Does all this appear as odd to anyone other than me? Am I misinformed here?

Adam Trotter / AVT