U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Molly Hayes, of Portage, Pa., discusses plans for responding to a simulated oil spill on the Maumee River with Jessica Paxton, Environmental Protection Agency, and another Coast Guard participant during a multi-agency preparedness for response exercise, Aug. 13, 2014. Hosted by Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Toledo, the PREP exercise scenario tested stakeholders’ ability to respond within a unified incident command framework to a simulated allision of a tank barge with a submerged object, causing a worst-case discharge within the Port of Toledo and Maumee Bay that could affect the port’s environmentally-sensitive areas. The goal of the exercise, which drew over 400 participants representing more than a dozen federal, state, and local stakeholders, was to improve the Western Lake Erie Area Contingency Plan and build the area’s readiness to respond to an actual oil spill.
| Date Taken: | 08.13.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 10.30.2014 09:14 |
| Photo ID: | 1636437 |
| VIRIN: | 140813-G-XA025-016 |
| Resolution: | 3455x2956 |
| Size: | 1.76 MB |
| Location: | TOLEDO, OH, US |
| Hometown: | PORTAGE, PA, US |
| Web Views: | 22 |
| Downloads: | 3 |
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