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Attorney General Dustin McDaniel (D) announced Tuesday (May 7) that he is mobilizing his office resources into a dedicated clearinghouse for the victims of the ExxonMobil Pegasus pipeline oil spill that occurred May 29 in Mayflower, Arkansas.

Arkansas Attorney General's Office leading the effort.   |   Fact Sheet - Property Purchase and Price Protection Program (318.6KB)

Reentry plan includes step-by-step activities evacuated residents should complete inside their homes to prepare for air monitoring and sampling that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and ExxonMobil will conduct.

Activists have planned a rally in Mayflower for Monday to mark the one-month anniversary of an oil spill that's left parts of the community in shambles. "For sale" signs are popping up like spring flowers in the Northwoods subdivision, where the spill originated, while ExxonMobil workers suck up and scrub away remaining oil.

MAYFLOWER, AR -- It's been four weeks since oil began flowing from a ruptured pipeline in Mayflower. Since then, much of the focus has been on the Northwoods subdivision where the spill originated.

As Exxon and local crews continue their cleanup efforts in the neighborhoods impacted by last month's oil spill, homeowners are beginning the process of figuring out what's next.

Famous musician is spotted by local woman.

A group of Faulkner County neighbors send researchers to the Mayflower oil spill site and come back with different results than ExxonMobil and the state health department.

Officials and citizens get together to talk about how the incident will impact the area's environment.

The Unified Command is beginning to transition from emergency response to remediation and restoration activities.

ExxonMobil leaders say they're making great progress but there is still work to do.

Public invited to day-long event at Faulkner County Natural Resource Center.

ExxonMobil's Pegasus pipeline that burst March 29th at the heart of lawsuit.  |   Mayflower Oil Spill Second Lawsuit - News Release from Duncan Law Firm (72.1KB)

State official makes statement in news conference update on cleanup.  |   April 18 Mayflower Oil Spill Update (293.5KB)

Arkansas's Attorney General says Exxon will not pay for the state's investigation into the spill.

ore than 200 birds and reptiles caught, 129 (mostly poisonous snakes) euthanized.

MAYFLOWER, AR -- For two and a half weeks, crews have been working day and night to deal with the oil spill that soiled a Mayflower neighborhood.

Oil giant presents compensation plan giving $10,000 for the "disruption and inconvenience," offers to buy homes.

State's Second District representative sends letter to oil company CEO.

The Environmental Protection Agency has released documents from ExxonMobil detailing the components of the heavy crude oil that spilled into parts of Mayflower two weeks ago.  |   Exxon Pipeline Response to EPA (190.3KB)

Mayflower residents meet with Little Rock attorneys to talk about legal options after oil spill.

Political actions groups are using the ExxonMobil oil spill in Mayflower as a springboard to debate eminent domain and the proposed Keystone pipeline.

22 homeowners are impacted by the Exxon Mobile oil spill in Mayflower.

They've been out of their homes since a pipeline broke open on March 29th, spewing thousands of gallons of heavy crude.

The EPA is now calling the incident a "major spill."

The suit was filed in Federal Court in Little Rock Friday afternoon.

Federal agency posts photo gallery online.

An Arkansas pipeline spill that coated streets and lawns with a smelly, asphalt-like crude oil provides opponents of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline with new ammunition to combat the project that would bring more of the tar sands bitumen from Canada.

For the first time Sunday, journalists were allowed inside the Mayflower neighborhood where an estimated 2,000 barrels of crude oil rushed from a ruptured pipeline. Even after more than 48 hours of around-the-clock work, much of the neighborhood remained a gooey mess.

As crews continue their efforts to clean a neighborhood covered with oil following a pipeline rupture Friday, we're getting a firsthand look at the extent of the damage from the air.

Teams still making assessment after the March 29th oil spill.

HAWK (Helping Arkansas Wild "Kritters") leading efforts, bathing animals to remove oil. Requests donations and other help via its Facebook page.

Arkansas group HAWK has been caring for animals since Saturday but will turn over efforts to Texas agency.

The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality posts data on its website.

On Saturday afternoon, "Arkanasans Concerned about Oil Pipelines" held its first meeting at the Faulkner County library in Conway.

Environmental activists from across the country are converging upon Arkansas, arguing the Mayflower spill proves that the controversial Keystone Pipeline proposal should not move forward.

Exxon executives say they're making progress in the cleanup efforts, but it's not time for homeowners to move back home.

Attorney Phillip Duncan answers questions about $5-million class action suit.

Still no timeline on how long it will take.  |   Exxon Mobil Mayflower Oil Spill Update for April 3 (147.6KB)

The Mayflower Incident Unified Command Joint Information Center provided the following update as cleanup operations continued Wednesday, April 10, following a release of crude oil near Mayflower.

Emergency crews are on the scene in a subdivision in the area around Starlight Road North.

Arkansas Department of Health says recent samples found oil spill has had no impact on the city's water supply.

Folks in Mayflower with legal questions about property damage and health effects, can receive some information and answers during a town meeting tonight.

Oil giant ordered to comply by April 10th.

Officials say water is safe to drink and system will be closely monitored.