Which federal agencies coordinated the cleanup of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill?

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Fireboats battle a blaze on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, April 2010. — Deepwater Horizon oil spill Fireboat response crews attempt to extinguish the blaze aboard the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, April 21, 2010.

Cleanup efforts for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill were coordinated by the National Response Team, which is a group of government agencies headed by the U.S. Coast Guard and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).1