Two members of the Coast Guard’s Gulf Strike Team are assisting the Environmental Protection Agency with cleanup operations Tuesday in an area contaminated by mining in Ore Knob, N.C.
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Coast Guard Assists EPA at Ammunition Explosion Site
Two members of the Coast Guard’s National Strike Force are assisting the Environmental Protection Agency with clean-up operations at the site of an ammunition explosion that occurred May 31, 2009 in Reseda, Calif.
Public meeting scheduled for proposed wind turbine installation at Coast Guard Training Center
CAPE MAY, N.J. – Representatives from Coast Guard Training Center Cape May will hold an open house Wednesday, March 11, 2009, at 7 p.m. in the Cape May Municipal Building to record public comments on the proposed wind turbines.
Coast Guard Strike Team Assists EPA in Contaminated River Cleanup
Two members of the Coast Guard’s Atlantic Strike Team are working with the Environmental Protection Agency by collecting soil samples in contaminated portions of the Passaic River in Newark, N.J., Monday.
Black barrels discovered on Sauvie Island beach near Portland
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.
EPA and the Coast Guard Settle Hazardous Waste Violations at Portsmouth Facility
PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Coast Guard have settled alleged violations of hazardous waste and Clean Air Act regulations at the Coast Guard’s Integrated Support Command facility in Portsmouth, Va.
In addition to a $9,280 civil penalty, the Coast Guard has agreed to spend $89,290 on a project that will provide [...]
Korean shipping company pleads guilty to illegal dumping
SEATTLE – STX Pan Ocean Co., Ltd., a South Korean shipping company pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District Court in Tacoma, Wash., to violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships by knowingly failing to maintain an accurate Garbage Record Book.
The inaccuracy was a failure to record a dumping incident during which approximately six 55-gallon [...]