Office of External Affairs
U.S. Coast Guard

Date: May 12, 2008

Contact:  Lt. j.g. Ben Sparacin
(361) 939-6227 

Quarterly South Texas Coastal Zone Area Committee Meeting

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The South Texas Coastal Zone Area Committee (STCZAC) will hold its quarterly meeting in Point Comfort, Texas, at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 13th, 2008.  The public is invited to attend the meeting that will be held at the Formosa Guest House, Formosa Plastics, Point Comfort.

The STCZAC serves as a spill preparedness planning body responsible for developing coordinated multiple agency response strategies for the threat or actual discharge of oil or hazardous substances in pre-designated Inland and Coastal zones.

Agenda items for this meeting will include briefings on the Mexico/ U. S. joint operation oil spill drill (MEXUS), a presentation on LNG with a question and answer session, and information on upcoming drills and exercises in 2008.

For more information, please contact:  Lt. Pat Marshall, USCG Sector Corpus Christi at (361) 888-3162 ext. 317 or through email at patrick.a.marshall@uscg.mil

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