NEW : For now , the harbor is being used as a loading point for hundreds of miles of booms that are intended to defend against the slick 's arrival . Administration officials meet with BP execs to discuss spill response . The meeting was held in the White House Situation Room on Tuesday and included Vice President Joe Biden, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, Oil slick was nine miles off coast Monday . Feds ban fishing for at least the next 10 days in part of the northern Gulf of Mexico .
NEW : Administration officials meet with BP execs to discuss spill response . The meeting was held in the White House Situation Room on Tuesday and included Vice President Joe Biden, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, Oil slick was nine miles off coast Monday . Feds ban fishing for at least the next 10 days in part of the northern Gulf of Mexico .