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The Texas General Land Office is hosting a workshop on responding to potential oil spills in West Galveston Bay today and tomorrow at the Hotel Galvez in Galveston. The workshop is part of an ongoing effort by the Oil Spill Prevention and Response Program at the Land Office to ensure readiness for all areas of the Texas coast. Primary objectives of the workshop are to identify and resolve oil spill response issues unique to West Galveston Bay; and to provide a non-emergency situation to coordinate response from all entities. "West Galveston Bay is an extremely sensitive environment, with bird habitat, oyster beds and seagrasses," notes a Texas GLO news release. "It is also a popular recreational area, and one of the busiest stretches of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway is in the area. Consequently, a significant spill could present unique response problems." Workshop participants include state, local and federal agencies, oil spill management companies, spill cleanup contractors, transportation companies that regularly transport petroleum products through the bay and environmental organizations. For additional information contact the Texas General Land Office at (512) 463-5339 or visit www.glo.state.tx.us/oilspill.
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