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At this website, you can find news, photos, and other information about any of the following response actions:

Bouchard Barge 120 At approximately 6:00 PM EDT on Sunday, April 27, 2003 the Coast Guard was notified of a barge leaking oil in Buzzard's Bay. There are photos and reports related to this incident. (first posted 5/2/03)

California Spill of National Significance 2004 Drill A full-scale National Response System exercise guided by the Department of Homeland Security's Initial National Response Plan and National Interagency Management System. April 20-22, 2004. (first posted 04/20/04)

S.S. Jacob Luckenbach A joint project by the U.S. Coast Guard and California Department of Fish and Game to eliminate chronic "mystery spill" oil releases from the sunken wreck of a Korean War-era freight ship. (first posted 2/14/02)

T/V Westchester On November 28, 2000, the T/V Westchester holed a cargo tank 60 miles south of New Orleans, Louisiana. An estimated 500,000 gallons of Nigerian crude oil spilled into the Mississippi River. (first posted 11/29/00)

M/V New Carissa Pictures and information about the spill of fuel oil from the bulk cargo vessel New Carissa, which grounded off Coos Bay, Oregon, USA, on 2/4/99. (first posted 2/4/99)

Pago Pago Pictures and information about natural resource restoration efforts at fishing vessel grounding sites on coral reefs in American Samoa. The vessels were grounded during a severe storm on December 10, 1991. Natural resource trustees are conducting the restoration efforts, following U.S. Coast Guard response efforts. (first posted 2/4/00)

M/V Stuyvesant Information and photos from a recently-completed response to the 9/6/99 spill of IFO 180 fuel oil from the dredge Stuyvesant, in Humboldt Bay, northern California, USA.

Historical Incidents View reports and images from past incidents.