Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response Links

NOTE: The Environmental Contaminants Program Deepwater Horizon Pages are no longer being maintained.

Additional FWS Deepwater Horizon Information:

Consolidated reports of fish and wildlife collected in the incident impact area

FWS Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response site

Environmental Contaminants Program

• Oil Spill Response and Preparation
• Natural Resource Damage Assessment

Videos related to Deepwater Horizon

• Environmental Contaminants biologist discusses the Service's role in the Gulf oil spill response.
• Oiled bird bath - Fort Jackson Wildlife

Recued oiled brown pelican is held by USFWS Fisheries Biologist Amanda Hill. Photo by: Kim Betton, USFWS.

Other Internet Resources:

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,

• Deepwater Horizon Library
• Gulf Spill Restoration
  
• Science Missions & Data - Deepwater Horizon/BP Oil Spill

RestoretheGulf.gov is the official Federal portal for the Deepwater BP oil spill response and recovery.

USA.gov (the U.S. government's official web portal) provides a good overview of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico

Department of the Interior, Deepwater Horizon Response site.

www.GeoPlatform.gov/gulfresponse provides the latest information about the oil spill's trajectory, the position of NOAA's research ships, spilled oil's coastal location and the areas closed to fishing.

The White House: Deepwater BP Oil Spill

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Laws and Regulations/Legal Documents

Oil Pollution Act (OPA) of 1990 (pdf) 33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.

Oil Pollution Act Regulations for Conducting an Natural Resource Damage Assessment 15 CFR 990

FWS Responsibilities under OPA