DATE: July 28, 2008 09:43:58 CST
Clean up workers removing oil absorbent materials
(U.S. Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Adam C. Baylor)

Cleanup crews carry oil-soaked absorbent materials from the Mississippi River at mile marker 74 near Belle Chasse, La., Sunday, July 28, 2008. Rayvon C. Southern, left, a Greg Gibson Trucking, LLC crewmember from Port Sulphur, La., said the oil was, "picking up easier than yesterday because of the rain." The cleanup crews work 12-hour days starting at 6 a.m.