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June 26th, 2010 7:44 AM

Florida Specific:

? Health Advisories have been issued for Escambia, Okaloosa and Walton

Counties. Escambia County, Ft. Pickens and Johnson National Seashore are

under advisory, but being evaluated. Okaloosa County, Okaloosa/Walton County

line to Pelican Beach Resort in Destin. Walton County from Miramar Beach

access point eastward to the east end of Top Sail State Park.

? Tar balls, tar patties and mousse continue to be found in Northwest Florida, with

the heaviest impacts reported between Escambia and Walton Counties.

? Perdido Pass, Pensacola Pass and Destin Pass will be closed with the tide to

reduce the amount of oil from entering inland waters. Boom will be deployed across

each Pass at flood tide (incoming) and removed at ebb tide (outgoing).

? Oil Containment Boom (in feet) total: 567,261 deployed in Florida.

o Tier 1: 234,800 / Tier 2: 132,800 / Tier 3: 199,661

? In accordance with established plans, protective booming, staging, and boom

maintenance is being conducted along the coast from Escambia to Franklin.

? 370 vessels are deployed in Florida for the Vessels of Opportunity program.

? 863 Qualified Community Responders are actively working the cleanup efforts in

the Florida Panhandle.

? According to the NOAA oil plume model, the oil plume is 7 miles from Pensacola,

75 miles from Mexico Beach and 293 miles from St. Petersburg. NOAA

trajectories indicate possible shoreline impacts along the western panhandle

through Sunday mainly west of Destin.

? In addition to $100,000 for Volunteer Florida to maintain a volunteer registration

database, BP has issued over $75 million in grants to Florida for booming, a

national tourism advertising campaign, and the state’s preparedness and

response efforts.

? BP claims in Florida total 20,431 with approximately $17,911,674.95 paid.

? A US Coast Guard representative for Unified Command Mobile is on scene at the

SEOC coordinating response efforts as Deputy Incident Commander for Florida

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