And we deployed more than 3 million feet of hard and sorbent boom, including an additional 100, 000 just yesterday for these parishes in Louisiana that face the greatest threat.

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Approximately 2.57 million feet of containment boom and 4.17 million feet of sorbent boom have been deployed to contain the spill and approximately 790, 000 feet of containment boom and 2.1 million feet of sorbent boom are available.

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