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Coast Guard, unified command respond to ammonia leak in Dutch Harbor, Alaska
KODIAK, Alaska – The Coast Guard and cooperating agencies developed a plan to tow a 353-foot vessel with a significant ammonia leak to a mooring buoy six miles north of Dutch Harbor Saturday to ensure the safety of the local community. Unified command representatives have determined that the leak poses no danger to the public. A Coast Guard Sector Anchorage watchstander received the report of the ammonia leak aboard the Excellence at 1:13 p.m. Friday. The Excellence, … Read entire article »
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Coast Guard Cutter Henry Blake is first to utilize renewable diesel as part of an operational evaluation
SEATTLE — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Henry Blake refueled, using a 50/50 blend of petroleum F-76 and hydroprocessed renewable diesel derived from algal oil, in Everett, Wash., Wednesday, becoming the first Coast Guard cutter to use as the renewable diesel as part of an operational evaluation. Successful evaluation of this fuel mixture, known as 50/50 F76/HRD76, can help guide the development of alternative fuels in America, reducing the nation’s dependence on foreign oil. Developed through … Read entire article »
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Coast Guard files draft environmental assessment for planned 2012 Arctic operations
JUNEAU, Alaska — As part of the proposed Arctic Shield 2012 operation, the U.S. Coast Guard plans to conduct air, water and shore-side operations to meet mission requirements throughout the Arctic region from July through October 2012. The Coast Guard has prepared a draft environmental assessment, in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act, to evaluate a preferred alternative and a no-action alternative, and provide information and analyses of proposed Coast Guard activities in the Arctic. The … Read entire article »
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Officials mark the completion of beach replenishment at Training Center Cape May
CAPE MAY, N.J. – Inter-agency partners held a ceremony to mark the completion of a more than $9 million beach replenishment project aboard Coast Guard Training Center Cape May Wednesday at 1 p.m. Representatives from the Army Corps of Engineers, the Coast Guard and the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection dispersed the last load of sand from the more than 620,000 cubic yards of sand placed on the Training Center Cape May’s beaches. The Coast Guard … Read entire article »
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Federal, state and local officials to mark completion of beach replenishment
CAPE MAY, N.J. – Inter-agency partners will hold a ceremony to mark the completion of a more than $9 million beach replenishment project aboard Coast Guard Training Center Cape May Wednesday at 1 p.m. Representatives from the Army Corps of Engineers, the Coast Guard and the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection will disperse the last load of sand from the more than 620,000 cubic yards of sand placed on the Training Center Cape May’s beaches. The … Read entire article »
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Cutter Healy to moor in Seward before conducting further Arctic research
SEWARD, Alaska – The nation’s largest ice breaker, Coast Guard Cutter Healy, will arrive and moor at the Alaska Railroad Cruise Ship Pier Friday after a month of operations in the Arctic. This year, Healy’s crew will spend a total of seven months underway in the Beaufort Sea and the Arctic Ocean for four separate science operations during its Arctic West Summer/Winter 2011 deployment. Following a week in Seward for rest and maintenance they will resume operations in the Arctic Ocean. The crew of the Healy recently completed their first mission working with researchers from NASA to collect and study water and ice samples, looking largely to learn more about the refractive properties of sunlight in the Arctic environment. Next Healy’s crew will participate in their fourth year of collaboration with the … Read entire article »
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