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Hurricane Katrina: Environmental Pollution & Contamination

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"Plan" predictions re HAZMAT
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=="Southeast Louisiana Catastrophic Hurricane Functional Plan"==
A DRAFT copy of the [http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Interactives/News/US/Katrina/docs/Southeast_Louisiana_Catastrophic_Hurricane_Functional_Plan.pdf "Southeast Louisiana Catastrophic Hurricane Functional Plan"] (IEM/TEC04-070), dated August 6, 2004, (125-pdf) was posted online by MSNBC Media. The Plan was prepared under FEMA BPA HSFEHQ-04-A-0288, Task Order 001.
 
Pdf pages 11 through 18 address HAZMAT predictions and concerns.
 
==Contamination Reports==
"New test results released by the federal [[Environmental Protection Agency]] ... confirm that toxic chemicals contained in floodwaters in New Orleans and Metairie are in concentrations too small to be an immediate threat to humans," Mark Schleifstein of ''The Times-Picayune'' [http://www.nola.com/newslogs/breakingtp/index.ssf?/mtlogs/nola_Times-Picayune/archives/2005_09_11.html#078906 reported] September 11, 2005.

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