Yesterday BP officials set forth a plan to continue beach cleaning proceedures. Begining Monday October 18th, 6am to 6pm daily, heavy equipment will resume cleaning operations on the beach. The SCAT Team (Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Team), will remove tar balls and oil patches that are up to 18 inches below the sand surface. They will be sifting sand and removing particals larger than 3mm in diameter. Once the SCAT team identifies an area considered to be clean, a NRDA Team (Natural Resource Damage Assessment) will inspect the area to insure this area is acceptable. The process will continue until all reasonable particles are removed. It is the goal of these groups to have the beach 100% filtered by January 1, 2011. Mayor Tony Kennon will not be satisfied untill a longterm plan of both ongoing oil recovery and beach renourishment is agreed by our city and the BP officials.