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...
Unified Command responds to diesel spill in Kaktovik, Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A Unified Command has been established in response to a diesel fuel discharge discovered Monday from a North Slope Borough-owned storage tank in Kaktovik.
The product discharged was ultra-low sulfur diesel that discharged from an above-ground storage tank with a total capacity of 5,000 gallons. The tank reportedly discharged an estimated 4,200 gallons of diesel. The discharge...
Coast Guard, state, local agencies collect visible mercury near Berwick waterfront
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard, state and local agencies have collected all visible mercury near the Berwick waterfront, Tuesday.
Watchstanders with Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Morgan City received a report of less then one cup of silver liquid, resembling mercury inside the levee wall, Monday.
MSU Morgan City, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, along with local police and fire departments...
Coast Guard responding to inland oil spill near Ventura
LOS ANGELES – The Coast Guard is responding to a report of a potential of 5,000 barrels of crude oil spilled inland near Ventura.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach command center received a report from the Ventura County Fire Department at 6:30 a.m., Thursday, reporting that a spill from an inland platform occurred. An estimated 210,000 gallons of crude oil was reported...
Coast Guard, federal, state, local agencies respond to fuel tank leak in Chesapeake, Va.
A fuel tank at a Kinder Morgan facility in Chesapeake, Va., began leaking JP-1 jet fuel Friday, Jan. 22, 2016. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The U.S. Coast Guard, along with federal, state and local agencies are responding Friday to a fuel tank leak at the Kinder Morgan South Hill facility in Chesapeake.
Kinder Morgan made a National Response Center report at 7:18 a.m. Friday stating...
Coast Guard Academy celebrates Earth Day by recognizing environmental stewardship efforts
NEW LONDON, Conn.—In light of Earth Day, the Coast Guard Academy celebrates its ongoing environmental conservation efforts, both on board CGA and in the community. In the past year, CGA has recycled 151,000 pounds of cardboard and 65,000 pounds of single stream. For the second year in a row, the Corps of Cadets earned first place in the Commander-in-Chief’s Great American Can Roundup, an aluminum...
Houston Ship Channel closed due to collision between chemical tanker and bulk carrier
The chemical tanker Carla Maersk sits at anchor off Morgans Point, Texas, after being involved in a collision with the bulk carrier Conti Peridot March 9, 2015. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Dustin R. Williams)
HOUSTON — Federal, state and local agencies and responders are working to ensure public safety as they respond to a spill at Morgan’s Point on the Houston Ship Channel,...
