U.S. Coast Guard environmental protection

• Prevention
• * To stop pollution before it occurs, with:
• ** Training
• ** Equipment
• ** Procedures
• Enforcement
• * To provide civil and criminal penalties for illegal acts
• Surveillance
• * To protect the marine environment by conducting:
• ** Pollution overflights
• ** Vessel boardings
• ** Harbor patrols
• ** Transfer monitoring
• ** Facility inspections
• Response
• * Cleanup and impact limitation of an oil or chemical discharge
• In-house abatement
• * Ensure that Coast Guard vessels and facilities comply with federal pollution laws and regulations