November 15, 2007

Barbara Lee To Meet With Volunteers Receiving Training To Assist In The Clean Up Of The Oil

(Oakland, CA) – Congresswoman Barbara Lee will meet with volunteers who will be receiving training to assist in the clean up of area shorelines following the spill of 58,000 gallons of toxic bunker fuel that was dumped into the San Francisco Bay after the Cosco Busan collided with a Bay Bridge support beam. Congresswoman Lee will also meet with Hazmat trainers in order to assess what efforts need to be made by Congress to protect the region’s pristine waterways.

WHO: Congresswoman Barbara Lee to meet with volunteers receiving Hazmat training to allow them to assist in the clean up of the massive oil spill that is adversely impacting the San Francisco Bay Area Region.

WHERE: West Berkeley Senior Center,
1900 Sixth Street, Berkeley, CA


WHEN: November 17, 2007
10:30 AM- 11:00 AM

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