Charlie Crist Situation Report # 44 David Halstead

Governor Friday, June 11, 2010 at 1200 hrs EDT State Coordinating Officer
Weather Summary:
State Actions:
 Relatively weak winds (below 10 knots), low seas (below 3 feet) and relatively low
 State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) is at a Level 1 (Full),
rain chances are expected to prevail through the next 7 days. Winds are expected to
operating from 0700 to 1800 EDT, with Florida Department of
continue out of the south through the weekend. A possible shift to the south-
Environmental Protection (FDEP) as the lead agency.
southwest may occur on Sunday, which may continue to push portions of the oil
plume towards the western Florida Panhandle through the next 72 hours.  Governor’s Executive Orders 10-99, 10-100, and 10-106 declared a state
of emergency for:
Current Situation: o Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton, Bay, & Gulf (10-99)
 Florida beaches are open. o Franklin, Wakulla, Jefferson, Taylor, Dixie, Levy, Citrus,
 Unified Area Command estimates release rate of oil from Deepwater Horizon at Hernando, Pasco, Pinellas, Hillsborough, Manatee, and
12,000 to 19,000 barrels per day. The containment dome is recovering approximately Sarasota (10-100)
15,000 barrels per day. o Charlotte, Lee, Collier, Monroe, Miami-Dade, Broward, and
 This event has been designated a Spill of National Significance. Palm Beach (10-106)
 Unified Area Command continues with a comprehensive oil well intervention and spill  Governor’s Executive Order 10-115 authorizes the Florida Fish and
response planning following the April 22 sinking of the Transocean Deepwater Horizon Wildlife Conservation Commission to designate Free Saltwater Fishing
drilling rig 130 miles southeast of New Orleans. Days to encourage noncommercial fishing in Florida.
 More than 24,000 personnel are working the on and offshore response.  Governor’s Executive Order 10-101 established the Gulf Oil Spill
 Oil-water mix recovered: approximately 18.5 million gallons Economic Recovery Task Force, which will facilitate efforts by Florida
 Response vessels available: more than 5,511 businesses and industries to recover from the loss of commerce and
 Response aircraft available: 66 revenues due to the oil spill.
 Dispersant (in gallons): approximately 1,171,000 deployed  Governor Charlie Crist activated Florida’s Small Business Emergency
 There is no planned use of dispersants in Florida waters. Bridge Loan Program on 6/7/10 to provide emergency, short-term loans to
established small businesses in 26 designated counties.
Florida Specific:  Conducting daily conference calls with county and emergency
 Sporadic reports of tarballs, tarmats and/or areas of light sheen have been confirmed management partners, the Federal On-Scene Coordinator, and various
by reconnaissance teams from Escambia to Gulf County. Oil sheen and mousse Unified Commands.
confirmed in Perdido Pass. Oil sheen and tarballs confirmed in Pensacola Pass.
SERT Personnel - Location Personnel
 A large plume of non-weathered oil was found six miles south of Escambia County.
Mobile Unified Command, 22
Response assets, including skimming vessels, have been dispatched to the area.
Forward-State Emergency Response Team
 Perdido Pass will be closed with the tide to prevent oil from entering the Bay. Boom
Florida Peninsula Command, Miami 7
will be deployed across the Pass at flood tide (water coming in) and removed at ebb
St. Petersburg 3
tide (water going out).
Area Command in Robert, Louisiana 3
 A health advisory has been issued for Perdido Key State Park to avoid contact with the
water, oil and oily materials, and dead or dying fish or other aquatic life. Escambia 1
 Oil Containment Boom (in feet) total: 320,680 deployed in Florida.  ESF 6 – The Agency for Workforce Innovation and Regional Workforce
o Tier 1: 155,000 / Tier 2: 123,500/ Tier 3: 42,180 Boards are working in Florida communities to identify and fill jobs related to
 In accordance with established plans, protective booming and boom maintenance is Oil Spill. Florida Department of Children and Families has begun to assess
being conducted in the coastal areas of Bay, Escambia, Franklin, Gulf, Okaloosa, potential mental health impacts of oil spill.
Santa Rosa, and Walton Counties.  ESF 8 – Syndromic surveillance has been heightened in 6 coastal counties
 According to the NOAA oil plume model, the oil plume remains 150 miles from Gulf from Escambia to Gulf, monitoring for potential health effects.
County, and 210 miles from St. Petersburg, with non contiguous sheens and  ESF 10 – All State sampling data collected is reported at www.nrdata.org.
scattered tarballs closer. Offshore, scattered patches of sheen remain in the Loop  The Small Business Administration has issued an Economic Injury Disaster
Current Ring with increasing evidence that it has begun to reattach to the main Loop  ESF 13 – 15 Florida National Guard (FLNG) personnel on duty; 5 additional
Current. Trajectories indicate that some of these sheens may get carried south, but personnel are en route to the State Emergency Operations Center.
 
observed tarball fields are not likely to reach the Florida Straits in the next 3-4 days.  ESF 15 – 13,071 volunteers have registered to respond to Deepwater
 BP is providing a $100,000 grant through a Memorandum of Understanding with Horizon. Volunteers and Donations is providing consistent messaging to
Volunteer Florida to maintain a database for the registration of volunteers: go to Florida volunteers, “All oil-contaminated materials will be handled by
www.VolunteerFlorida.org and click “Register to Help.” trained, paid workers and not by volunteers.”
 BP issued a $25 million block grant to Florida; first priority is booming.  Conducting daily reconnaissance flights and patrolling shoreline from
 BP has issued a second $25 million grant to Florida for a national tourism advertising Escambia to Gulf counties for impact. Real time reconnaissance reports are
campaign. ESF 18 – Business, Industry, and Economic Development has launched a being entered into the GATOR web mapping application at
national radio and print advertising campaign for Florida tourism. http://map.floridadisaster.org/gator/.
 BP issued an additional $25 million to Florida for the state’s preparedness and  The Boom Coordination Cell continues to coordinate additional boom
response efforts. requests.
 376 vessels are registered in Florida for the Vessels of Opportunity program.  An Innovative Technology Cell is assessing alternative clean-up
 242 Qualified Community Responders are actively working the cleanup efforts in the technologies suggested by the public and stakeholders.
Florida Panhandle.  Loan Declaration for the State of Florida.
 3 staging areas are in place to protect sensitive shorelines in Florida. o Disaster Loan Outreach Centers are open in the following
 The fishery failure declaration for the Gulf of Mexico includes Florida, providing counties: Bay, Escambia, Gulf, Franklin, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa,
impacted and eligible commercial fisheries the opportunity for federal support; it does Wakulla, and Walton.
not close fisheries. o Loan Applications:
 BP claims in Florida total 10,967 with approximately $7,788,317.02 paid.  Issued: 292 Accepted: 51 Declined: 14 Approved: 2
 Loan amount approved: $255,000.00
Florida Information Lines
 The Florida Oil Spill Information Line (FOSIL) is available from 8am-6pm EDT daily for
Local States of Emergency County EOC Activations
citizens’ questions at (888) 337-3569.
 Bay: Expires on 6/17/10  Bay, Level 2 (Partial)
 For general health/exposures information questions related to the oil spill, contact the  Dixie: Expires on 6/17/10  Escambia, Level 2 (Partial)
Florida Poison Control Center at 1-888-337-3569.  Escambia: Expires on 6/11/10  Gulf, Level 2 (Partial)
 Two public hotline numbers for oil spill investigation and cleanup:  Franklin: Expires on 6/15/10  Okaloosa, Level 2 (Partial)
o Impacted Wildlife: (866) 557-1401  Gulf: Expires on 6/15/10  Santa Rosa, Level 2 (Partial)
o Oiled Shoreline: 1 (877) 2-SAVE-FL or #DEP for cellular devices  Okaloosa: Concurrent with State  Wakulla, Level 2 (Partial)
 The Florida Department of State has established a hotline for archeological, historical  Santa Rosa: Expires on 6/11/10  Franklin, Level 2 (Partial)
preservation, and tribal lands that may be impacted by the Deepwater Horizon  Sarasota: Expires on 6/15/10
incident: (850) 245-6530.  Wakulla: Expires on 6/15/10
 Walton: Expires on 6/11/10