Coast Guard partners with federal and state agencies to mitigate environmental threats after Hurricane Florence [Image 4 of 4]

NEW BERN, NC, UNITED STATES

10.06.2018

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Brandon Hillard 

U.S. Coast Guard District 1     

Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Scott Wiechert, a marine science technician assigned to Marine Safety Unit Houma, La., and Parks Moss, a sergeant with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, document the mitigation of the first land-side, environmental-threat pollution case for ESF-10 in New Bern, N.C., Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018. In the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission partnered under a unified command to evaluate and mitigate pollution threats from sunken or displaced vessels and orphaned hazardous materials containers in North Carolina’s major disaster-declared counties for the federal mission of Emergency Support Function-10. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Brandon Hillard)

• Date Taken: 10.06.2018
• Date Posted: 10.09.2018 14:40
• Photo ID: 4805583
• VIRIN: 181006-G-PJ308-0083
• Resolution: 3971x2610
• Size: 1.65 MB
• Location: NEW BERN, NC, US