SEN. CANTWELL PUSHES COAST GUARD TO CUT THROUGH RED TAPE, ENFORCE OIL...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 7, 2008 ;     596 words ......hearing on the Coast Guard's fiscal year 2009...Fisheries, and Coast Guard, secured a firm commitment from Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen that the Coast Guard will finally enforce...vigilance in the Coast Guard's mission of ...

COAST GUARD COMPLETES EXERCISE IN PORT OF TAMPA

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 12, 2008 ;     302 words ......Homeland Security's U.S. Coast Guard, 7th District, issued...Florida: The U.S. Coast Guard, along with the Florida...exercise of the oil spill response plan and pollution...Program guidelines, the Coast Guard is mandated to conduct...Franz, a member of Coast ...

SIOUX CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT HOSTING SPILL RESPONSE AND DEPLOYMENT COURSE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 20, 2006 ;     203 words ......Sioux City is hosting a Spill Response and Deployment Course...instructed by the U.S. Coast Guard. Matt Tilimon from...public and private spill response personnel from as far away as Minneapolis, and Coast Guard personnel. The Fire...

COAST GUARD PARTICIPATES IN OIL SPILL RESPONSE EXERCISE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 9, 2008 ;     140 words ......Homeland Security's U.S. Coast Guard, 7th District, issued the...Southeastern part of the U.S.: Coast Guard Sector Charleston will host an oil spill response exercise on the Ashley...an actual spill occurs. Coast Guard Station Charleston, Coast Guard Aids ...

COAST GUARD LEADS PROACTIVE OIL SPILL RECOVERY DRILL IN GOVERNMENT CUT

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 7, 2006 ;     281 words ......and evaluate oil spill response equipment designed...oil spill. The Coast Guard's Gulf Strike Team...in deploying the Coast Guard's Vessel of Opportunity...from a vessel at a spill site. It is pre-stag...operated on the Coast Guard Cutter Hudson...

SEN. BOXER ISSUES STATEMENT ON COAST GUARD REPORT ON SF BAY OIL SPILL...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 28, 2008 ;     269 words ......following statement on a report released today on the Coast Guard's response to the November 7, 2007 Cosco Busan accident...from the mistakes made during the response to this spill and ensure that they are not repeated. "The report...contributed to failures in the response. "The idea that the ...

Weather hampers spill response around grounded freighter in Aleutians; no...

AP Worldstream;  December 11, 2004 ;     467 words ......Bering Sea hampered efforts to stem an oil spill from a broken freighter, and there was still...helicopter crashed in the turbulent waters. Two Coast Guard cutters were standing by the broken halves...Wednesday, said Petty Officer Amy Thomas. Coast Guard officials said a 40-member response ...

PISCES System contract awarded by U.S. Coast Guard

Sea Technology;  July 1, 1997 ;     138 words ......York) has been awarded the contract to provide the U.S. Coast Guard with a prototype system for developing and conducting...spokesman. The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 requires that the Coast Guard conduct such exercises in U.S. ports and waterways several times a year to assess the preparedness of ...

Coast Guard exercise to prepare for oil spills

Sea Technology;  October 1, 1998 ;     144 words ......Slater has announced that the U.S. Coast Guard will participate in a multi-day oil spill response training exercise with the British...second of this magnitude that the Coast Guard has undertaken. To underscore the seriousness of the Coast Guard's commitment to ...

Supporting the Coast Guard, Who Protect Our Homeland

Sea Technology;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Department of Homeland Security, the Coast Guard's missions have increased beyond traditional...technology in the maritime sector, the Coast Guard has ably performed and succeeded in all...will be a serious strain to maintain the Coast Guard's long-distinguished success record ...

EMERGENCY RESPONDERS PARTICIPATE IN COASTAL OIL SPILL RESPONSE TRAINING

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 28, 2008 ;     413 words ......Beginning today at the Coast Guard Sector in Miami Beach...responders from the U.S. Coast Guard, Florida Department...impact assessments. "Spill response is a top priority...preparedness of today's Coast Guard personnel, as well...Support Team for oil spill ...

SEN. FEINSTEIN CALLS ON COAST GUARD TO IMPROVE PREPAREDNESS AND RECOVERY...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 7, 2008 ;     434 words ......today called on the Coast Guard to strengthen standards...Commandant of the Coast Guard to update the prepared...also urged the Coast Guard to require that...released by the Coast Guard last week, which...Francisco Bay that the Coast Guard, its state ...

Weather Hampers Spill Response in Alaska

AP Online;  December 11, 2004 ;     518 words ......Sea hampered efforts Friday to stem an oil spill from a broken freighter, and there was still...helicopter crashed in the turbulent waters. Two Coast Guard cutters were standing by the broken halves...Wednesday, said Petty Officer Amy Thomas. Coast Guard officials said a 40-member response ...

US DOT: Statement on evaluation of oil spill response capability in Strait...

M2 Presswire;  February 8, 1999 ;     248 words ......Rodney E. Slater on evaluation of oil spill response capability in Strait of Juan de Fuca...leadership in launching this test of oil spill response capability in the Strait of Juan de...provide a commercial tug, and the Coast Guard will provide resources in excess of...country, ...

COAST GUARD EXERCISE TO PREPARE FOR MAJOR OIL SPILLS

Regulatory Intelligence Data;  September 10, 1998 ;     308 words ......announced that the U.S. Coast Guard will participate in a multi-day oil spill response training exercise with the...this magnitude that the Coast Guard has undertaken. To underscore the seriousness of the Coast Guard's commitment to preparedness...exercises such as ...