DATE: July 14, 2008 16:13:17 EST
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Public Information Assist Team
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Date: July 14, 2008 |
PACIFIC STRIKE TEAM ASSISTS EPA |
Two members of the Pacific Strike Team are assisting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at an abandoned mercury mine near Castella, Calif., today.
The PST members deployed Friday to the Altoona Mine to assist the EPA in contractor monitoring, site safety, communications technical support and to serve as emergency medical technicians.
For more information about the EPA's response, please contact Wendy Chavez (415) 947-4248.
For more information about the Coast Guard Pacific Strike Team, please contact the Public Information Assist Team at (252) 331-6000 or visit http://www.strikeforcenews.com/go/page/771/15053.
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