VICE ADM. THAD ALLEN MEETS THE PRESS ON.TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FOR EVACUEES
Vice Admiral Thad Allen speaks on transitional housing for evacuees from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in Baton Rouge, LA on October 12, 2005. Allen reported plans to move evacuees from shelters to transitional housing to their own houses in 6-18 months. (UPI Photo/James Terry III)
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UPI Almanac for Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012.
The commitment to restoring the Gulf of Mexico remains firm despite the completion of a sealing operation at the bottom of the ocean, a BP executive said.
BP scientists and engineers working for the U.S. government have completed a relief well in the Gulf of Mexico, the top spill response official said.
A major piece of evidence in this summer's massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill is headed toward the ocean's surface for a federal inspection, an official said.
Engineers said they hoped to have the blowout preventer that malfunctioned in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill hoisted to a recovery ship by Sunday.
High seas churning in the Gulf of Mexico delayed the start of an operation to replace the blowout preventer on the crippled BP well, the company said Monday.
Thad Allen, incident commander for the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill, said BP would try to replace the failed preventer at the deep water well this weekend.
The U.S. official overseeing the BP oil leak cleanup in the gulf said Friday work on a relief well will be finished even though the leak appears to be plugged.
Turbulent weather was expected to move over the BP oil well in the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday, forcing the suspension in drilling a relief well, officials said.
The head of the U.S. response to the gulf oil disaster said Sunday the government's role won't be reduced now that the oil has stopped gushing.
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