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Press Release | April 14, 2023

MEDIA ADVISORY: Coast Guard, partner agencies to conduct oil spill exercise in Kitty Hawk

Editor’s note: Media interested in attending should RSVP to Lt. Andrew Jacot at 910-515-6897 no later than 4 p.m. April 18.

WHO: Coast Guard, Maritime Administration (MARAD), North Carolina Emergency Management, Virginia Emergency Management, and Virginia Department of Environmental Quality

WHAT: Media invited to observe joint oil spill preparation exercise

WHEN: Wednesday, April 19, 2023, at noon.

WHERE: Hilton Garden Inn Outer Banks/Kitty Hawk 5353 N. Virginia Dare Trail, Kitty Hawk, NC, 27949

KITTY HAWK, N.C. — The Coast Guard, Maritime Administration (MARAD), North Carolina Emergency Management, Virginia Emergency Management, and Virginia Department of Environmental Quality will be conducting a multi-agency oil spill preparedness exercise Wednesday and Thursday in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

The Coast Guard, alongside state and local partners in North Carolina and Virginia, will test and strengthen inter-agency cooperation and enhance their capabilities to accomplish shared objectives in response to a simulated major maritime incident. The exercise scenario will include a vessel collision with a submerged object approximately 40 miles off the coast of the Virginia-North Carolina border releasing 226,800 gallons of heavy oil.

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