written and posted by the U.S. Coast Guard Information Office. NEW ORLEANS – The response to BP/Transocean's Deepwater Horizon incident continues as responders have scheduled a controlled, on-location burn to begin at approximately 11 a.m. CDT today—a strategy designed to minimize environmental risks by removing large quantities of oil in the Gulf of Mexico following the April 20 explosion. Part of a coordinated response, combining tactics deployed above water, below wate...