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Billy Nungesser: “If they would have worked 24-7 on the cleanup, we would have seen most of the area cleaned up and bank stabilization in…”

On the recordApril 18, 2011
If they would have worked 24-7 on the cleanup, we would have seen most of the area cleaned up and bank stabilization in place. We're losing land every day because of the lack of the response.

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Nungesser criticizes the response efforts to the oil spill and emphasizes the ongoing loss of land.

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