National Response Center

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National Response Center: - The federal operations center that receives notifications of all releases of oil and hazardous substances into the environment; open 24 hours a day, is operated by the U.S. Coast Guard, which evaluates all reports and notifies the appropriate agency.
[Environmental Protection Agency]

News archive for National Response Center::

Right wing lies about oil.  -  Jul 30, 2008
YourHub.com,According to the National Response Center 595 spills occurred as a result of Hurricane's Rita and Katrina causing one of the worst environmental disasters

26 spills reported last year in Brevard  -  Jul 21, 2008
Florida Today,...reported in Brevard last year, compared with 20 spills the previous year, according to a national database maintained by the National Response Center.

Crane sinks in Lake Lanier, halting pipe construction  -  Jul 10, 2008
Atlanta Journal Constitution,The National Response Center was notified of the incident because of the oil sheen on the water made by diesel fuel from the crane's fuel tank.

Alarmist editorial wrong on post-hurricane oil spill  -  Jul 24, 2008
Palm Beach Post,...caused by either storm on any of those days were downloaded (from a National Response Center database) and entered into a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.

Response to fuel spill under Bay Bridge called 'unusually slow'  -  Nov 9, 2007
San Francisco Chronicle,...a private cleanup company, O'Brien's Group of Southern California, which then dispatched Marine Spill Response Corp. and the National Response Center.

Oil spill spreads, Coast Guard to release ship transcripts  -  Nov 11, 2007
San Jose Mercury News,Another 350, including 84 from the National Response Center and about 100 from a private Louisiana firm, are expected by Tuesday.

Governor Highlights State Actions to Clean Up Oil Spill in San ...  -  Nov 8, 2007
NewsBlaze,Additionally, private companies involved in the clean up progress are the Marine Spill Response Corporation and National Response Center.

Questions on oil spill grow; bird toll rises  -  Nov 10, 2007
Sacramento Bee,Its two response contractors, Marine Spill Response Corp. and National Response Center, also had current and valid state licenses. Fish and Game, however,

Boarded, Not Recorded  -  Nov 27, 2007
Charleston City Paper,When a Kinder Morgan representative placed a call to the National Response Center in Washington, DC, on July 18 about a suspicious person in a johnboat

300 Gallons of Oil Spill Into Ohio  -  Nov 28, 2007
Wheeling Intelligencer,...“We immediately notified the National Response Center, the state Department of Environmental Protection and Coast Guard,� Lesonick said, noting the plant

Oil Spill Threatens Wildlife in California  -  Nov 11, 2007
Enews 2.0,Despite the fact that the Marine Spill Response Corporation and the National Response Center have declared that 8.000 gallons of the oil have been recovered

Cargo Ship Hits Bridge, Spills Oil into San Francisco Bay  -  Nov 8, 2007
Environment News ServiceMarine Spill Response Corporation and the National Response Center report about 8000 gallons of the oil have been recovered.

mckinley Township board recommends Sovereign Deed’s proposal to county  -  Nov 9, 2007
Petoskey News-Review,...a private civil defense firm, to develop 707 acres of the nearly 1500 acres at Pellston Regional Airport for its national response center.

Oil spills into Amelia River ~~ Impact called 'minimal'  -  Nov 22, 2007
News Leader,The public is urged to report any pollution and environmental impact in the Fernandina area to the Coast Guard National Response Center at 1-800-424-8802.

Mysterious Oily Sheen Found In Waters Near SFO  -  Nov 22, 2007
FoxReno.com,The Coast Guard heard of the mass just before 6 pm Wednesday after Burlingame Fire Department crews found it and called the National Response Center.

Protection for “Havesâ€? in Bush’s Ownership Society  -  Nov 12, 2007
Dissident Voice,The northern Michigan town of Pellston recently gained attention as the site of a 700-acre “national response center� for a private security company,

Ship held in port after river oil spill  -  Nov 17, 2007
Florida Times-Union,Any oil sighted in the area should be reported to the National Response Center at 1-800-424-8802. According to a Coast Guard database, the ship carries 5695

Diesel fuel spills into Boulder Creek  -  Nov 14, 2007
Daily Camera,...system and will have to report the incident to the National Response Center, which documents oil and other harmful discharges for the federal government.

Emmet County board approves Sovereign Deed plan for Pellston ...  -  Nov 10, 2007
Petoskey News-Review,...on Thursday unanimously approved Sovereign Deed’s proposed development of 707 acres at Pellston Regional Airport for its national response center.

Pipeline Rupture Spills 2000 Gallons of Crude Into Gulf  -  Nov 5, 2007
KFDM-TV News,At 9:25 AM today, the National Response Center notified Coast Guard MSU Port Arthur that there was a discharge of crude oil about 4 miles offshore of

Sovereign Deed founder makes case to Kiwanis  -  Aug 24, 2007
Petoskey News-Review,...a civil defense firm, met with Harbor Springs Kiwanis Club members to discuss the proposed national response center at Pellston Airport.

Hurricane Dean update page  -  Aug 20, 2007
Continuity Central (press release),The National Response Center in Washington was activated last week in response to Hurricane Flossie and remains operational to coordinate federal assets and

Firm could invest at least $75M in area, plans to offer 300 jobs ...  -  Aug 15, 2007
Cheboygan Daily Tribune (subscription),Jason Allen, R-Traverse City, said he is thrilled that the company has selected Pellston as its first national response center site, a move that could

Sovereign Deed picks Pellston  -  Aug 15, 2007
Petoskey News-Review,Since February of this year, Sovereign Deed evaluated three possible sites for its national response center before selecting Pellston.

Firm makes business plan to survive disasters  -  Aug 15, 2007
Cheboygan Daily Tribune (subscription),And the mission to fulfill that motto will all begin in Pellston, the site of the Chicago-area company's first national response center.

Bay Area trucking firm wins huge federal contract  -  Aug 20, 2007
San Jose Mercury News,...$20000 for failing to immediately notify the National Response Center after approximately 1105 pounds of catechol were released to the air on June 5,

Romic fined $20000 for 2006 toxic release  -  Aug 20, 2007
Palo Alto Online,Federal officials say that Romic did not notify the National Response Center of the 2006 incident until 16 hours later. "Companies working with toxic

Federal agency fines Romic $20K for report  -  Aug 21, 2007
Palo Alto Daily News,According to the EPA, Romic waited 16 hours to notify the National Response Center after a tanker at the 2081 Bay Road hazardous waste treatment facility on

The Next Attack  -  Aug 6, 2007
Washington Monthly,Between 1990 and 2005, the US National Response Center’s Emergency Response Notification System reported 400 incidents at refineries and other facilities

Chemical Spill Reporting Violations: EPA Settles Ohio Cases  -  Aug 23, 2007
Earthtimes.org..."Federal law requires immediate notification to the National Response Center for chemical releases above certain thresholds," said EPA Region 5 Superfund




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