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Coast Guard takes part in San Francisco Fleet Week

Source: United States Coast Guard

 

10/05/2024 03:27 PM EDT

The Coast Guard will participate in the annual San Francisco Fleet Week from October 6 to 14 in the San Francisco Bay Area. On-water security zones will be in place during Fleet Week activities October 10 through 13. To ensure the safety of participants and spectators on San Francisco Bay, the U.S. Coast Guard has enacted regulated areas, published in the Federal Register and advertised by Local and Broadcast Notice to Mariners. Coast Guard, Coast Guard Auxiliary and law enforcement vessels will be patrolling the regulated areas to ensure all Fleet Week events are conducted safely.

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CORRECTION: Coast Guard releases CERCLA investigation findings from former Buxton Beach Coast Guard facilities

Source: United States Coast Guard

10/04/2024 05:08 PM EDT

The Coast Guard released the findings Friday of a Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) investigation conducted at the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Park.  Coast Guard Civil Engineering Unit Cleveland initiated the site investigation in August 2023 to identify any contamination resulting from legacy operations that may have been conducted by the Coast Guard at Old Group Cape Hatteras between 1982 and 2013.

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Unified Command to transfer authority from the Coast Guard to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in the Smith Canal in Stockton, Calif.

Source: United States Coast Guard

 

10/04/2024 05:03 PM EDT

The Coast Guard has completed its cleanup operations in the Smith Canal oil spill and is now transferring federal responsibility to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to lead the remaining recovery efforts. The Coast Guard’s on-water petroleum removal operations began September 28 with the report of an oil burner being improperly disposed of in the Smith Canal with a potential of 380 gallons of petroleum product released into the environment.

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Coast Guard releases CERCLA investigation findings from former Buxton Beach Coast Guard facilities

Source: United States Coast Guard

10/04/2024 03:53 PM EDT

The Coast Guard released the findings Friday of a Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) investigation conducted at the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Park.  Coast Guard Civil Engineering Unit Cleveland initiated the site investigation in August 2023 to identify any contamination resulting from legacy operations that may have been conducted by the Coast Guard at Old Group Cape Hatteras between 1982 and 2013.

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PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard, partner agencies hold electric vehicle fire safety exercise in Brunswick

Source: United States Coast Guard

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 10/04/2024 12:45 PM EDT

 

News Release  

U.S. Coast Guard 7th District PA Detachment Jacksonville
Contact: Coast Guard PA Detachment Jacksonville
Office: 904-714-7606/7607
After Hours: 786-393-4138
PA Detachment Jacksonville online newsroom

 

10/04/2024 12:16 PM EDT

BRUNSWICK, Ga. — U.S. Coast Guard members and federal, regional, state, local, and industry partners conducted an exercise designed to enhance coordination in response to vessel fires caused by electric vehicle (EV) lithium-ion batteries, Sept. 24-25.

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Coast Guard scheduled to set temporary waterway restrictions near Wrightsville Beach

Source: United States Coast Guard

10/03/2024 03:13 PM EDT

The Coast Guard is scheduled to issue a temporary restriction of recreational and commercial vessel movements during the Swim the Loop and Mott’s Channel Sprint swimming events Sunday from 9 a.m. to noon, in the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) and around Harbor Island near Wrightsville Beach. The Captain of the Port is issuing the temporary restriction during the event to ensure the safety of all participants.

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Coast Guard rescues 14 Haitian migrants left stranded by smugglers on Monito Island, Puerto Rico

Source: United States Coast Guard

 

10/02/2024 02:00 PM EDT

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Tezanos rescued 14 migrants, Sunday, who were left stranded by smugglers on the uninhabited natural reserve of Monito Island, Puerto Rico, in the Mona Passage. The rescue involved efforts and coordination with Caribbean Border Interagency Group (CBIG) partner agencies and Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources Park Rangers.

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Coast Guard offloads $4.3 million in seized cocaine, transfers 2 smugglers to DEA custody in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico

Source: United States Coast Guard

 

10/02/2024 06:00 AM EDT

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Tezanos offloaded 388 pounds (176 kgs) of seized cocaine and transferred custody of two smugglers to DEA Special Agents in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, Sunday. The interdiction is the result of multi-agency efforts in support of the Caribbean Corridor Strike Force, while the seized cocaine is estimated to have a wholesale value of $4.3 million dollars.  The apprehended smugglers are U.S. citizens, who face federal prosecution in Puerto Rico on criminal charges including conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance aboard a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. The charges carry a minimum sentence of 10 years imprisonment and a maximum sentence of imprisonment for life.  Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Helena B. Daniel and Max Pérez-Bouret, Chief of the Transnational Organized Crime Section are prosecuting the case.

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Coast Guard partners with Tougaloo College to launch College Student Pre-Commissioning Initiative (CSPI) in Jackson, Miss.

Source: United States Coast Guard

News Release  

U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Heartland
Contact: 8th District Public Affairs
Office: 504-671-2020
After Hours: 618-225-9008
Eighth District online newsroom

 

Port conditions change based on weather forecasts, and current port conditions can be viewed on the following Coast Guard homeport webpages:

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U.S. Coast Guard encounters joint Chinese Coast Guard, Russian Border Guard patrol in Bering Sea

Source: United States Coast Guard

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 10/01/2024 02:30 PM EDT

 

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U.S. Coast Guard 17th District Alaska
Contact: 17th District Public Affairs
Office: (907) 463-2065
After Hours: (907) 463-2065
17th District online newsroom

 

10/01/2024 02:13 PM EDT

JUNEAU, Alaska – The U.S. Coast Guard located four vessels from the Russian Border Guard and Chinese Coast Guard conducting a joint patrol in the Bering Sea, Saturday.