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General Listing
Title of Listing:
DOT United States Coast Guard (USCG)
Category:
Federal/National - Agencies
Subcategory:
US Department of Transportation-DOT, All Listings
Date:
Document #:
Web Site:
http://www.uscg.mil
Email:
uscgweb@www.uscg.mil
Abstract:

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) maintains a system of rescue vessels, aircraft, and communications facilities to carry out its function of saving life and property in the seas and navigable waters of the US. The USCG is now part of the Department of Transportation, joining with the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines to protect America's interests at home and abroad. The Coast Guard performs a variety of functions, including: oil spill clean-up; maritime safety, search and rescue; environmental protection; protection of commerce and communities; enforcement of US migration laws; and effective drug interdiction.

          The Marine Environmental Response is a program of the US Coast Guard which enforces the Water Pollution Control Act and various other laws related to the protection of the marine environment. The program objectives are to ensure that public health and welfare and the environment are protected when spills occur. The National Response Center which receives reports of oil and hazardous substance spills is provided through this program.

          The National Pollution Funds Center (NPFC) is the fiduciary agent for the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund and the portion of Superfund accessible to the US Coast Guard. These federally-managed funds support liability and compensation regimes pertaining to pollution from oil or hazardous substances. The NPFC, in accordance with OPA 90 and other pertinent laws and regulations, executes programs to accomplish the following five principal objectives:

          Provide funding to permit timely removal actions;
          Provide funding to initiate Natural Resource Damage Assessments (oil only);
          Compensate claimants who demonstrate that certain damages were caused by oil pollution;
          Recover from Responsible Parties pollution costs and damages incurred by the Fund; and
          Certify the financial responsibility of vessel owners and operators.
Topics
Emergency Response, Hazardous Materials/Substances, Spill Prevention/Releases/SPCC, Water Resources/Supply/SDWA

Additional Topics/Tags/Keywords
Water, Safety, Environmental, Response, Spills, Hazardous Substances, Oil, Pollution

Organization:
U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), United States Coast Guard (USCG)
Address:
2100 Second Street SW
Phone:
DescriptionNumber
City:
Washington
1.
USCG Headquarters (202) 267-2229
State/Province/Territory:
DC
2.
Marine Environmental Response Program(202) 267-0518
Zip/Postal Code:
20593
3.
National Pollution Funds Center(703) 235-4700
Country:
United States
4.
Fax:(202) 267-4418
Branch Locations: