PORTLAND, Ore.— The Coast Guard, Oregon State Department of Environmental Quality, the EPA Criminal Division, and Multnomah County Sheriffs Office are investigating approximately 50 black plastic 55 gallon barrels discovered on a Sauvie Island beach on the Willamette River Tuesday.
Posts on ‘November 25th, 2008’
Coast Guard Releases Modernization Video
Washington – The Coast Guard released a new video today to help explain why the Coast Guard must modernize, and the benefit of this critical effort.
Concerning the “modernization” video, Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad W. Allen said,
This video is important for two reasons. First, it communicates in a clear, concise fashion what we are [...]
Coast Guard, partners successfully oversee recovery of ruptured well-head leak
PORT ARTHUR, Texas – The Coast Guard and partners have successfully overseen the recovery of a ruptured well-head leak, which occurred in Sabine Lake, on Nov. 18, 2008.
Coast Guard medevacs man from shrimp boat
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard medevaced an injured man from a shrimping vessel
approximately 50 miles south of Lafayette, La., early this morning in the Gulf of Mexico.
Coast Guard reminds boaters to exercise caution during South Carolina duck season
GEORGETOWN, S.C. – The Coast Guard reminds boaters to exercise caution while on the water throughout South Carolina for the upcoming five-day duck season beginning Wednesday.
Resolute crew returns home after seven months in dry dock
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Resolute, homeported in St. Petersburg, is scheduled to return home at 9 a.m. Wednesday, after spending seven months in dry dock at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore.
Coast Guard searching for missing Florida boater
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Coast Guard, Brevard County Sheriff’s Department, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission are searching for an overdue boater who has been missing since Sunday evening.