The process is managed by a large group of contractors — local hauling, tracking and barging companies, environmental cleanup operations, testing companies and landfill operators — all organized for BP, Mr. Condon said, by Heritage Environmental Services, a waste disposal company.
So far, BP says, it has spent $3.12 billion on relief efforts and cleanup operations.
As cleanup operations got underway, many questions arose about how New Orleans would be rebuilt.
The Coast Guard said cleanup operations were being conducted by Kinder Morgan.
Because the accident took place deep in a lengthy tunnel, cleanup operations have been slow and arduous.
FOOTNOTE The German Archaeological Institute yesterday offered to lend its expertise and personnel to help with damage assessment, repairs and cleanup operations at ransacked museums in Iraq.
[C4.] The Army Corps of Engineers will award $1.5 billion in contracts this week for hurricane cleanup operations in Louisiana and the rest of the gulf region.
IN THE HOURS AFTER THE BOMBING In the hours after the airstrike, an excavator is brought to the scene to help with rescue and cleanup operations.
With rescue and cleanup operations still in an early stage yesterday, nobody could predict how long the Lower Manhattan schools would be out of commission.
The Peconic River runs through the land, but is not included in the agreement, Energy Department officials said, because it is still a part of government cleanup operations.
Power restoration and cleanup operations continued on Tuesday in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas, the four states where emergency declarations were issued.
