Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Edward Wargo | U.S. Coast Guard East District | 10.15.2020
The Coast Guard federal on scene coordinator and the state on scene coordinator from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, in consultation with Federal Trustees: Department of Interior’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, and the National Park Service, coordinated efforts to remove weathered oil, discovered after Hurricane Sally, from......
Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Jetta Disco | U.S. Coast Guard PIAT | 10.03.2020
Petty Officer 1st Class Adrien Lively explains advanced technology used to validate vessel statuses from data collected immediately following Hurricane Sally, in Ono Island, Alabama, Oct. 3, 2020. This data helps the Coast Guard identify if vessels are a pollution threat and to prioritize the removal of oil or hazardous substances from vessels, minimizing the environmental threat of pollution.......