Fact Sheets

Claims

• Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Funding Fact Sheet for Individuals and Businesses (PDF - 4 pages, 189 KB)
• Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Funding Fact Sheet for Non-profit and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) (PDF - 4 pages, 76 KB)
• Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Funding Fact Sheet for State and Local Governments (PDF - 4 pages, 42 KB)
• More information on Claims

Environment

• What to Expect in South Florida from the Deepwater Horizon / BP Oil Spill (PDF - 2 pages, 400 KB)
• Sensitive Lands Response (NPS) (PDF - 2 pages, 246 KB)
• Breton National Wildlife Refuge and the 2010 Gulf Oil Spill (PDF - 2 page, 138 KB)
• NOAA's Oil Spill Response: Hurricanes and the Oil Spill (PDF - 2 pages, 1.36 MB)

NOAA also has a large collection of detailed fact sheets.

Wildlife

• Coral and Oil
• Managing Sea Turtles During the Oil Spill Response (NPS) (PDF - 2 pages, 193 KB)
• Managing Oil Impacts on Birds (NPS) (PDF - 2 pages, 238 KB)
• Sea Turtles and Oil Spills (PDF - 2 pages, 257 KB)
• Response and Rescue Plans for Marine Mammals and Sea Turtles Impacted by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico (PDF - 2 pages, 126 KB)
• Beach-nesting Birds of the Gulf (PDF - 1 page, 182 KB)
• Deepwater Horizon Spill and the Brown Pelican: Questions and Answers (PDF - 2 pages, 155 KB)
• Effects of Oil on Wildlife and Habitat (PDF - 2 pages, 1.2 MB)
• How to Tell the Difference between Stranded Dolphins vs. Dolphins Engaged in Normal Behavior (PDF - 1 page, 246 KB)
• Impacts of Oil on Marine Mammals and Sea Turtles (PDF - 2 pages, 92 KB)

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has a number of fact sheets.

Mental Health

• Tips for Talking to Children & Youth About the Oil Spill Disaster - A Guide for Parents and Educators (PDF - 3 pages, 927 KB)
• Tips for Talking to Children & Youth About the Oil Spill Disaster - Interventions at Home for Preschoolers to Adolescents (PDF - 2 pages, 2.8 MB)
• Tips for Coping with the Oil Spill Disaster - Managing Your Stress (PDF - 2 pages, 839 KB)
• Tips for Dealing with Grief Due to the Oil Spill Disaster (PDF - 2 pages, 363 KB)
• Tips for Oil Spill Disaster Response Workers - Possible Signs of Alcohol and Substance Abuse (PDF - 2 pages, 314 KB)
• Tips for Oil Spill Disaster Response Workers - Managing and Preventing Stress for Managers and Workers (PDF - 3 pages, 1.2 MB)

SAMHSA also has a large collection of alternate language fact sheets.

Nutrition

• USDA Food and Nutrition Assistance Fact Sheet (PDF - 1 page, 73 KB)
• USDA: Nutrition Assistance during the Deepwater Horizon Response (PDF - 1 page, 90 KB)
• Impact of Crude Oil on Seafood (PDF - 2 pages, 843 KB)

General

• Vessels of Opportunity Fact Sheet (PDF - 5 pages, 67 KB)
• National Incident Command Jones Act Fact Sheet (PDF - 3 pages, 102 KB)
• Odors Complaints Fact Sheet (PDF - 2 pages, 87 KB)
• Update on OSHA Activities (PDF - 4 pages, 57 KB)
• BP Community Response (PDF - 2 pages, 79 KB)
• Subsea Oil Recovery System (PDF - 8 pages, 832 KB)
• Top Hat Containment System (PDF - 1 pages, 2.9 MB)
• Fact Sheet: Using Booms (PDF - 1 page, 63 KB)
• Oil Sheen Fact Sheet (PDF - 1 page, 54 KB)
• Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund (PDF - 2 pages, 80 KB)
• The Department of Energy's Scientific Response to the Oil Spill (PDF - 1 page, 60 KB)
• Odors from the BP Oil Spill (PDF - 2 page, 40 KB)
• Summary Preliminary Report from the Flow Rate Technical Group (PDF - 3 pages, 338 KB)
• The Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Program (PDF - 2 pages, 281 KB)
• Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response (PDF - 2 pages, 280 KB)
• Fact Sheet: Federal Efforts to Support Health and Medical Needs for Residents and Responders (PDF - 2 pages, 52 KB)
• Flow Rate Technical Group Fact Sheet (PDF - 1 page, 73 KB)
• Using Booms in Response to Oil Spills (PDF - 4 pages, 1.67 MB)

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