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TALLAHASSEE — Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson today announced that BP will pay $20 million to his department over the next three years to help fund enhanced seafood inspections and marketing efforts aimed at restoring public confidence in the safety of Gulf of Mexico seafood. … Continue Reading
TweetFlorida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson and officials from BP will hold a press conference at 2:30 p.m. today, October 25, in Bronson’s Capitol office to announce an important agreement related to seafood safety that the Commissioner’s department has reached with BP in the aftermath of the company’s Gulf oil spill.
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TALLAHASSEE — Florida CFO Alex Sink today sent a letter to Kenneth Feinberg, administrator of the new Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF), calling on him to rewrite the rules in favor of Florida’s small businesses who have been harmed by the oil spill, and also to do away with the requirement that Florida’s small business must re-file claims with the GCCF that have already been filed with BP.
“As you take over the claims process starting today, it appears that you have rejected my request in favor of an extremely restrictive view as to who is eligible for recovery,” CFO Sink wrote. “In my opinion, the GCCF rules must be rewritten in favor of those who were harmed by this catastrophe, as opposed to those who caused it.” … Continue Reading
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~100 days of activation for state emergency response officials~
TALLAHASSEE – Tomorrow, August 7, 2010, marks the 100th day of activation for the Florida State Emergency Response Team’s response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill incident. For more than three months, Florida emergency response officials have focused on maximizing response efforts and minimizing impacts associated with this disaster. … Continue Reading
TweetTALLAHASSEE – Under the leadership of Governor Charlie Crist, the State Emergency Response Team and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) are actively coordinating and responding to the Deepwater Horizon incident.
Message of the day: State EOC’s Final Daily Media Advisory
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The BP Claims Process Working Group of the Gulf Oil Spill Economic Recovery Task Force will meet on Monday, August 9, 2010, in Tallahassee. The public is invited to attend.
Details for the next BP Claims Process Working Group meeting are as follows:
Date: Monday, August 9, 2010
Time: 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM (EDT)
Location: Betty Easley Conference Center
Address: 4075 Esplanade Way, Room 148
Tallahassee, Florida 32311
To listen live to this working group meeting via conference call, please call 888-249-0314 and enter the passcode 92488081. An agenda for the meeting will be available later at www.flgov.com/gulfrecoverytaskforce.
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TALLAHASSEE – Under the leadership of Governor Charlie Crist, the State Emergency Response Team and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) are actively coordinating and responding to the Deepwater Horizon incident.
Message of the day: Where has all the oil gone? … Continue Reading
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TALLAHASSEE- -The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced today that a new analysis shows Southern Florida, the Florida Keys, and the East Coast are unlikely to experience any effects from the remaining oil on the surface of the Gulf as a result of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. No new oil has leaked from the Deepwater Horizon well in 15 days and the surface oil that remains is hundreds of miles away from the loop current and in the process of degrading. … Continue Reading
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TALLAHASSEE – Under the leadership of Governor Charlie Crist, the State Emergency Response Team and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) are actively coordinating and responding to the Deepwater Horizon incident.
Message of the day: FLORIDA: THE FISHING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD
Florida is known as the fishing capital of the world and on July 30 the world will have an opportunity to see firsthand that fishing is alive and well in Florida. With the recent coverage of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Floridians are setting the record straight that Florida seafood is safe and that the waters in Florida are open for fishing. … Continue Reading
~ Requests $43 million to complete second round of tourism marketing and advertising campaign ~
TALLAHASSEE – Governor Charlie Crist today announced BP will provide $7 million to the Northwest Florida Travel Council for tourism marketing and advertising. Expressing appreciation for the grant, Governor Crist promptly sent a letter to BP’s Doug Suttles, requesting another $43 million from BP to complete a second round of a tourism marketing and advertising campaign. On June 30, 2010, Governor Crist requested $50 million for this purpose. … Continue Reading
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TALLAHASSEE – Under the leadership of Governor Charlie Crist, the State Emergency Response Team and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) are actively coordinating and responding to the Deepwater Horizon incident.
Message of the day: GATOR
Florida residents and visitors can track the state’s response efforts to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill by utilizing the Florida Division of Emergency Management’s GATOR tracking device. GATOR, which stands for Geospatial Assessment Tool for Operations and Response, tracks reports of oil impacts on Florida’s shoreline, reconnaissance and cleanup missions, weather radar and tropical system updates using geographic data that is updated in real time. The interactive web mapping tool helps to support emergency preparedness, operations and response in Florida. Click here to start using GATOR. Learn more. … Continue Reading
TALLAHASSEE – Under the leadership of Governor Charlie Crist, the State Emergency Response Team and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) are actively coordinating and responding to the Deepwater Horizon incident.
Message of the day: Florida Gulf Recovery Jobs
The Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation and its workforce system partners, Workforce Florida and the state’s 24 Regional Workforce Boards, continue to connect Florida’s job seekers with employment opportunities via Governor Crist’s Florida Gulf Recovery Jobs website. Since Governor Crist announced the website, more than 14,600 positions related to response and recovery efforts have been posted and more than 44,600 people have registered and applied for these and other positions. The average wage for positions filled to date is nearly $20/hour. … Continue Reading
TALLAHASSEE – Under the leadership of Governor Charlie Crist, the State Emergency Response Team and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) are actively coordinating and responding to the Deepwater Horizon incident.
Message of the day: VISIT FLORIDA – Florida Live
To ensure Florida’s visitors are able to make the most informed travel planning decisions, VISIT FLORIDA has created Florida Live at VISITFLORIDA.com. This new webpage allows those planning a trip to Florida to see what’s really happening in the state at any given time. They can watch live webcams, read Twitter feeds and daily blog posts by tourism experts, see date-and-time stamped photos and videos taken by people enjoying Florida now, and view a listing of vacation deals that include a worry free guarantee so they can book with confidence. … Continue Reading
TALLAHASSEE – Under the leadership of Governor Charlie Crist, the State Emergency Response Team and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) are actively coordinating and responding to the Deepwater Horizon incident.
“We continue to be extremely encouraged that the Deepwater Horizon well has been capped for 11 days, and we continue to monitor the oil remaining in the Gulf of Mexico. We are focused on evaluating the response needs in Florida and taking the necessary measures to ensure Florida’s residents, coastal communities and beaches are protected,” said Florida Division of Emergency Management Director, David Halstead. … Continue Reading
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TALLAHASSEE – Under the leadership of Governor Charlie Crist, the State Emergency Response Team and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) are actively coordinating and responding to the Deepwater Horizon incident.
Message of the day: Sea Turtle Protection
To ensure that sea turtle hatchlings on Florida beaches do not encounter oil from the Deepwater Horizon incident, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service will be relocating nests today in Franklin, Okaloosa, Gulf and Bay counties. Nest excavations have been occurring on Northwest Florida and Alabama Gulf coasts this past month and will continue throughout the summer. … Continue Reading
TALLAHASSEE – Under the leadership of Governor Charlie Crist, the State Emergency Response Team and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) are actively coordinating and responding to the Deepwater Horizon incident.
Message of the day: Camp Beyond the Horizon
To help children cope with stress caused by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Lutheran Services Florida (LSF), in partnership with the Florida Department of Children and Families and other local sponsors, will provide a therapeutic camp experience. Camp Beyond the Horizon will address the educational and emotional needs of children affected by the disaster. Camp Beyond the Horizon is specifically designed for children in grades kindergarten through six. The camp allows children to process their experiences and their grief in a safe, supportive, caring atmosphere that also offers fun and recreation. The week-long camps will be held in churches and community centers in the affected areas. There is no cost to families for children to participate. The first four camps are scheduled as follows: … Continue Reading
TALLAHASSEE, FL – Attorney General Bill McCollum today issued a consumer
advisory warning Floridians about a “phishing” scam that attempts to
victimize people affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster. A
consumer recently reported to the Attorney General’s Office that she
received an email from someone purporting to be Tony Hayward, the CEO of
BP. … Continue Reading
TALLAHASSEE – The State Emergency Response Team, in coordination with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), today announced the removal of supplemental Tier 3 boom within the next 72 to 96 hours in the Panhandle counties. The removal is in light of the potential tropical activity in the Gulf of Mexico.
“During a tropical storm boom can cause additional damage to the natural resources that we are trying to protect from oil spill impacts,” said DEP Secretary Michael W. Sole. “Given the current oil spill trajectories and the tropical activity in the Gulf of Mexico we think this is the best decision for Florida’s communities.” … Continue Reading
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TALLAHASSEE – Under the leadership of Governor Charlie Crist, the State Emergency Response Team and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) are actively coordinating and responding to the Deepwater Horizon incident.
Message of the day: Florida Seafood is Safe
Although a portion of Florida’s coastal waters offshore of Escambia County are temporarily closed to the harvest of saltwater fish, crabs and shrimp, Florida seafood products remain safe and plentiful and have not been affected by the oil spill. Most of the Gulf of Mexico is untouched by oil, and Florida’s commercial fishermen continue to harvest products from these clean waters. In addition, Florida government agencies continue to monitor water samples off Florida’s coast for any potential impacts by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. … Continue Reading
TALLAHASSEE – Under the leadership of Governor Charlie Crist, the State Emergency Response Team and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) are actively coordinating and responding to the Deepwater Horizon incident.
Message of the day:
There are currently no plans to use dispersants in Florida. If dispersants are ever considered in state waters, the determination to use the chemical would be evaluated by DEP with input from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Florida Wildlife Research Institute and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Dispersants are a chemical used to break up oil into small droplets so that they are more easily degraded. This chemical is most effective against fresh oil, unlike the weathered oil impacts Florida has seen in its waters. … Continue Reading
Sachs Media Group this week released its annual Capitol Press Corps Guide, the resource to find and connect with reporters who cover Florida from the capital city. The pocket-sized 2013 guide is a listing of all major news outlets in Florida that have capital bureaus, including contact information for individual reporters who cover issues of statewide importance. The 2013 guide includes reporters’ Twitter handles, recognizing the growing importance of social media in reporting. Supplies are limited. To request a hard copy, email herbie@sachsmedia.com.
