Emergency Support Function-10 Unified Command oversees relocation of displaced vessel at coastal reserve, Carteret County, N.C.
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Oct. 30, 2018 U.S. Coast Guard Hurricane Florence Response Contact: ESF-10 Unified Command Joint Information Center Fayetteville, N.C.: (757) 633-2607 Hurricane Florence online newsroom
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Emergency Support Function-10 Unified Command oversees relocation of displaced vessel at coastal reserve, Carteret County, N.C.
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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — The ESF-10 Unified Command coordinated the pollution mitigation of a displaced houseboat from the Rachel Carson Reserve in Carteret County on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018.
The ESF-10 Unified Command collaborated with salvage contractor Resolve Marine Group to facilitate an effective method for extracting the houseboat and minimizing the damage to the reserve's fragile marsh habitat. Utilizing state of the art technology and multiagency cooperation, the houseboat was mitigated of pollution, relocated off of Town Marsh and transported to the adjacent shallow waters of Taylor's Creek. The houseboat has been staged for future removal from the area.
"Secretary Regan and I are very grateful to ESF-10 Unified Command for their work in helping the state with vessels stranded during Hurricane Florence," said John Nicholson, Chief Deputy Secretary of North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality. " This response effort is leveraging significant federal resources, and protecting our state's coastal resources, including habitats at the Rachel Carson Reserve."
The Rachel Carson Reserve, a component of the N.C. Coastal Reserve and National Estuarine Research Reserve and a dedicated nature preserve, is a complex of islands located in an estuarine system where both fresh and saltwater mix. The reserve includes 2,315 acres, supporting a variety of plants and animals including feral horses.
The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality and U.S. Coast Guard, which make up the ESF-10 Unified Command, have been working with the Resolve Marine Group and supporting agencies such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, to systematically mitigate pollution threats from vessels that were displaced or sunken in the major disaster-declared counties after Hurricane Florence.
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