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DEP: ‘If you see tar balls in the water, I wouldn’t get in’

   July 2, 2010

From Northwest Florida Daily News: As tar balls washed ashore on Walton County’s beaches, a standing-room-only crowd met Thursday for a town hall meeting to discuss the Deepwater Horizon oil spill… read more.

“If you see tar balls in the water, I wouldn’t get in there,” said DEP representative Darryl Boudreau. “The data is telling us that if you can see an impact, don’t get in.”

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Author: Rick Outzen

Rick Outzen is the publisher/owner of Pensacola Inweekly. He has been profiled in The New York Times and featured in several True Crime documentaries. Rick also is the author of the award-winning Walker Holmes thrillers. His latest nonfiction book is “Right Idea, Right Time: The Fight for Pensacola’s Maritime Park.”
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