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Press Release | Nov. 20, 2023

MEDIA ADVISORY: Unified Command to hold press briefing for MPOG 11015 incident

U.S. Coast Guard Heartland Office: 504-671-2020 Cell: 618-225-9008

Editor's Note: Media planning to attend must RSVP no later than 8 p.m., November 20, 2023, by contacting 618-225-9008. Without RSVP admittance is not guaranteed. 

WHAT: Unified Command to speak about MPOG 11015 incident and answer media questions. 

WHO: The Coast Guard, Main Pass Oil Gathering (MPOG), Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator's Office (LOSCO), Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

WHEN: Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023 at 10 a.m.

WHERE: 1201 Elmwood Park Blvd. Suite 100, New Orleans, Louisiana 70123

NEW ORLEANS — The Unified Command is scheduled to hold a press briefing Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. 

The Unified Command continues to respond to an oil discharge near the MPOG 11015 pipeline, 25 miles offshore Plaquemines Parish, southeast of New Orleans. 

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