Oil spill cleanup crews work to collect fuel oil using absorbent materials along the bank of the Mississippi River Sunday. A tanker vessel and a fuel barge collided Wednesday causing nearly 420,000 gallons of fuel to spill in the river. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jaclyn Young) 

Oil spill cleanup crews work to collect fuel oil using absorbent materials along the bank of the Mississippi River Sunday. The Unified Command is working diligently on the cleanup efforts in order to reopen the river as soon as possible. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jaclyn Young) 

Coast Guard crewmembers aboard a 41-foot utility boat from Station New Orleans conduct cleanup operations on the Mississippi River Sunday. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jaclyn Young)