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Workers at a decontamination site carry an oil containment boom that was cleaned in Venice, La., May 4, 2010. The boom is to be transferred to a staging area where it will be put back into service aboard one of the many boats fighting to mitigate the effects of the oil discharge from the Deepwater Horizon incident.

CLEANUP CREW

Workers at a decontamination site carry an oil containment boom that was cleaned in Venice, La., May 4, 2010. The boom is to be transferred to a staging area where it will be put back into service aboard one of the many boats fighting to mitigate the effects of the oil discharge from the Deepwater Horizon incident.

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