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handle is hein.crs/crsmthabdho0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Order Code RS22145 Updated August 31, 2007 'RS Report for Congress Environmental Activities of the U.S. Coast Guard Jonathan L. Ramseur and Mark Reisch Analysts in Environmental Policy Resources, Science, and Industry Division Summary The U.S. Coast Guard's (USCG's) environmental activities focus on prevention programs, accompanied by enforcement and educational activities. An important component is maritime oil spill prevention, which includes inspection of U.S. and foreign-flagged ships to ensure compliance with U.S. laws and international agreements. As required by the Oil Pollution Act and the Superfund law, the USCG's pollution preparedness and response activities aim to reduce the impact of oil and hazardous substances spills. USCG's National Pollution Funds Center manages the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, paying certain spill-related costs and certifying that vessels show evidence of financial responsibility. Another prevention effort, minimizing marine debris, addresses commercial items (e.g., lost nets and fishing lines), as well as trash from recreational fishing and boating (e.g., beverage cans, bottles, and pieces of foam plastic). The Administration's FY2008 budget proposal estimates that the marine environmental protection mission would receive $332 million, an increase of $31 million from the enacted amount estimated for FY2007. Environmental activities of the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) fall within the service's program for protection of natural resources, and consist of maritime oil spill prevention, marine debris, and pollution response preparedness. Protection of living marine resources and fisheries also falls in this category, but is not discussed here.' Marine environmental protection is one of six non-homeland security missions specified in the Homeland Security Act of 2002.2 1 CRS reports that discuss these issues include CRS Report RL33813, Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Legislation in the 110th Congress, by Eugene H. Buck; CRS Report RL32154, Marine ProtectedAreas: An Overview, by Jeffrey A. Zinn and Eugene H. Buck; and CRS Report RL32344, Ballast Water Management to Combat Invasive Species, by Eugene H. Buck. 2 P.L. 107-296, Section 888 (6 U.S.C. 468). The other five are marine safety, search and rescue, aids to navigation, living marine resources (fisheries law enforcement), and ice operations. Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress

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