St. Louis-The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) are co-sponsoring a full-scale exercise to test the National Response System as a result of major oil and hazardous substance releases in the New Madrid Seismic Zone, as well as separate oil and hazardous substance releases in the Great Lakes as a [...]
Posts on ‘June 18th, 2007’
Coast Guard to hold commercial fishing safety day in San Pedro
San Pedro, Calif. – The Coast Guard will be holding a commercial fishing safety day in conjunction with the Blessing of the Fleet on Saturday June 23, 2007 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at berth 73 in San Pedro.
The event will cover safety requirements for commercial fishing vessels and include safety equipment demonstrations. [...]
Coast Guard Aids Vessel Near Sandy Hook, N.J.
SANDY HOOK, N.J. – The Coast Guard is escorting a 37-foot sailing vessel to an Atlantic Highlands, N.J. marina after its three-person crew reported taking on water approximately three miles south of Sandy Hook, N.J. at 12:29 p.m. today.
The crew of the Double Eagle, home ported out of Boston, reported they were using two dewatering [...]
Emergency signal leads Coast Guard to Wrecked Aircraft
KODIAK, Alaska – The Coast Guard transported a pilot with minor injuries to Homer, Alaska Friday after his single engine aircraft ran off a runway.
At around 11 a.m., the Coast Guard received a signal from an aircraft Emergency Locator Transmitter in the vicinity of Perl Island, Alaska. A Coast Guard C-130 airplane from Coast [...]
Body Recovered Identified as One of Two Missing Boaters
HOUSTON – The Chambers County Medical Examiner positively identified the body recovered last night as that of Martha Harris. Identification was made via a driver’s license found on the body.
At around 7:45 p.m. last night, a passer by spotted the female body floating in the water approximately two miles off Seabrook, Texas. Texas [...]