Hurricane Maria vessel salvage [Image 4 of 4]

PONCE, PUERTO RICO

11.19.2017

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Lauren Steenson 

U.S. Coast Guard District 7 PADET San Juan

Chief Warrant Officer Christopher Runt reviews paperwork prior to conducting salvage operations in Ponce, Puerto Rico, Nov. 19, 2017.

Runt deployed to Puerto Rico for the Hurricane Maria response from Coast Guard Sector Maryland National Capital Region.

The Maria ESF-10 PR Unified Command, consisting of the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, U.S. Coast Guard, in conjunction with the Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Control Board, Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. and Fish & Wildlife Service, is responding to vessels found to be damaged, displaced, submerged or sunken.

Part of the ESF-10 mission is protecting sensitive habitat and threatened and endangered species from the impacts of pollution caused by damaged vessels.

The ESF-10 is the framework by which federal support is coordinated with state agencies in response to actual or potential oil spills or hazardous material releases.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Lauren Steenson.

• Date Taken: 11.19.2017
• Date Posted: 11.22.2017 06:55
• Photo ID: 3973566
• VIRIN: 171119-G-MV622-1998
• Resolution: 7360x4912
• Size: 22.74 MB
• Location: PONCE, PR