{"id":613,"date":"2010-05-20T12:53:50","date_gmt":"2010-05-20T12:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/2010\/05\/20\/tar-balls-collected-from-fort-zachary-taylor-state-park-in-key-west-not-related-to-deepwater-horizon-incident\/"},"modified":"2010-05-20T12:56:44","modified_gmt":"2010-05-20T12:56:44","slug":"tar-balls-collected-from-fort-zachary-taylor-state-park-in-key-west-not-related-to-deepwater-horizon-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/2010\/05\/20\/tar-balls-collected-from-fort-zachary-taylor-state-park-in-key-west-not-related-to-deepwater-horizon-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida DEP: Tar Balls Collected from Fort Zachary Taylor State Park in Key West Not Related to Deepwater Horizon Incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Memorandum<br \/>\nDATE:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 May 19, 2010<br \/>\nTO:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Interested Media<br \/>\nFROM:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ESF14 Public Information: (850) 921- 0217<br \/>\nRE:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tar Balls Collected from Fort Zachary Taylor State Park Not Related to Deepwater Horizon Incident.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nOn Monday, May 17 the US Coast Guard obtained the tar balls found in the Keys and sent the tar balls for analysis to determine if they are related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.\u00a0 On Wednesday, May 19, the Coast Guard received a report that stated the tar balls collected from Fort Zachary Taylor State Park are not related to the Deepwater Horizon incident. To view the United States Coast Guard&#8217;s press release, visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com\/go\/doc\/586\/554303\/\">www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com\/go\/doc\/586\/554303\/<\/a><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nIn 2008 and 2009 there were 667 and 681 reports respectively of oil and petroleum incidents along Florida&#8217;s waterways and beaches so these types of occurrences are not as unusual as one might think. Specifically in the Florida Keys (Monroe County) there were 53 incidents in 2008 and 72 incidents in 2009 of oil and petroleum products being reported in their coastal waters.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nFor more information regarding Florida&#8217;s response to the Deepwater Horizon incident, please visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.deepwaterhorizonflorida.com\">www.deepwaterhorizonflorida.com<\/a><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n###<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Department of Environmental Protection values your feedback as a customer. DEP Secretary Michael W. Sole is committed to continuously assessing and improving the level and quality of services provided to you. Please take a few minutes to comment on the quality of service you received. Simply click on this link to the DEP Customer Survey. Thank you in advance for completing the survey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Memorandum DATE:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 May 19, 2010 TO:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Interested Media FROM:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ESF14 Public Information: (850) 921- 0217 RE:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tar Balls Collected from Fort Zachary Taylor State Park Not Related to Deepwater Horizon Incident. \u00a0 On Monday, May 17 the US Coast Guard obtained the tar balls found in the Keys and sent the tar balls for analysis &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/2010\/05\/20\/tar-balls-collected-from-fort-zachary-taylor-state-park-in-key-west-not-related-to-deepwater-horizon-incident\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Florida DEP: Tar Balls Collected from Fort Zachary Taylor State Park in Key West Not Related to Deepwater Horizon Incident<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=613"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":614,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613\/revisions\/614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}