Unified command clears some beaches of oily debris, tar balls
Members of a contracted oil spill response organization cleans oily debris from Rehoboth Beach in Delaware as part of the Broadkill 2020 oil spill response. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Isaac Cross.)
MILFORD, De. – Cleanup crews for the unified command have cleared oily debris and tar balls from a significant stretch of coastline from the southern side of the Indian River...
Coast Guard oversees first foreign vessel to bunker LNG as fuel in the U.S.
The Coast Guard completed oversight of the first foreign vessel to bunker Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) as fuel in Jacksonville, Florida, Sep. 8,2020. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.— The Coast Guard completed oversight of the first foreign vessel to bunker Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) as fuel in Jacksonville, Tuesday.
The Swedish tankship, Fure Ven, moored alongside Talleyrand Marine...
Coast Guard surveys aftermath of Hurricane Hanna
A Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi MH-65 Dolphin aircrew conducts an overflight of areas impacted by Hurricane Hanna near Aransas Pass, Texas, July 26, 2020. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard conducted an overflight to survey the aftermath of Hurricane Hanna near Corpus Christi, Texas, Sunday.
A Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi MH-65 Dolphin...
Coast Guard wraps up 2019 statewide inspection initiative in Alaska
Petty Officer 3rd Class Shawn Keeman (right), an inspector on temporary duty for Coast Guard Sector Anchorage, prepares to inspect a fuel storage facility in Oscarville, Alaska, July 9, 2019. Keeman’s inspection was part of Sector Anchorage’s 2019 Marine Safety Task force initiative. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Alyssa Zappe
By Petty Officer 1st Class Nate Littlejohn
The area...
Alaska Regional Response Team to hold meeting in Anchorage
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Alaska Regional Response Team (ARRT) will be holding a meeting Tuesday at the Atwood Conference Center in Anchorage.
Government, private, and not for profit organizations involved in or concerned about pollution preparedness and response policy in Alaska should consider attending. The public is also invited to attend either in person or via call-in number. A public comment period...
Coast Guard requests public comment on proposed railroad bridges
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard has made a draft of the Environmental Assessment of the proposed construction of railroad bridges across Lake Pend Oreille and Sand Creek at Sandpoint, Bonner County, Idaho, available to the public and is requesting public comment beginning, Wednesday.
Rear Adm. David Throop, commander Coast Guard 13th District, has conducted and released the environmental assessment in...
ESF-10 Unified Command oversees removal of displaced vessel at Rachel Carson Reserve
Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Seth Grayson, a marine science technician assigned to Marine Safety Unit Portland, Ore., and Paula Gillikin, a natural resources manager with the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, document the transfer of a houseboat that was displaced onto land at the Rachel Carson Reserve, a dedicated nature preserve, back into shallow water for future removal, ...
Coast Guard Yard receives preliminary debris site test results for “The Grove”
BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard Yard has voluntarily reported and investigated a site containing potentially contaminated soil in the southeast portion of the base.
Soil erosion during heavy rains uncovered what appeared to be construction and demolition debris in the “Grove Site” at the southeast portion of the base. The debris appears to date from the World War II era, when land disposal of solid...
Coast Guard completes phase 1 cleanup of 7 vessels on Columbia River
A contractor from National Response Corporation Environmental Services prepares to remove barrels of hazardous materials from a derelict vessel located at a submerged-land site on the Columbia River near Goble, Ore., June 3, 2017. U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Chief Petty Officer Kevin Ouyoumjian.
PORTLAND, Ore. – The Coast Guard and its contractor completed the first phase of the cleanup of...
