Coast Guard Auxiliary Sector Seattle Operation Trash Compactor

COXSWAINS & FACILITY OWNERS

NEW, IMPROVED PROCESS:

Click here to select Patrol Areas and view vessels due to be visited. Then select specific vessels and print information currently on the database for them.

NOTE: Vessels that have been visited will not be displayed again until they need to be re-visited, according to criteria established by Sector Seattle Incident Management Division (IMD).

PLEASE remember to take up to three digital photos of each vessel visited and email them in with visit forms. NOTE: Send the photos in the .jpg format in which they come out of the camera. DO NOT put them into a Microsoft Word document. Also, be sure to save a copy of your forms and photos in case they are not received by the data managers and need to be resubmitted.

As soon as possible after the visit, email, mail or fax all forms and digital photos to:

PATROL AREAS 1-9
John Milczewski
Email: otc-north@d13cgaux.net
Fax: 206-339-5878
Mail: 3007 St. Clair St., Bellingham, WA 98226-6105

PATROL AREAS 10-14
Patrick Kern
Email: otc-south@d13cgaux.net
Fax: 512-682-8959
Mail: 8504 121st St. SW, Lakewood, WA 98498-2608

Other Operation Trash Compactor Links and Information for Auxiliary Participants:

New Derelict Vessel Form (Revised 9/7/2007) Use this form to report newly found derelict or neglected vessels.

Vessel Evaluation Matrix (Revised 1/26/2005) Compare vessels against this matrix on each visit to determine evaluation ratings.

Current Derelict Vessels List of all current derelict vessels in the Sector Seattle AOR. Use this list to determine whether a vessel you find is already on the database.

Archived and Completed Vessels Click here to view a report of all derelict vessels which have already been removed or declared not to be a problem

Vessel Visit Instructions (Revised 2/20/2008) Any questions? Check here. If you still have a question, email the person listed above for your patrol area.

If you do not have a graphics program for resizing the pictures you take, you can get a free graphics program at http://www.irfanview.com. After resizing the image, use the "sharpen" feature to regain detail that gets lost in the process.

DEFINITION OF A DERELICT VESSEL: A vessel of any size that potentially could be any of the following:

Program Overview

Sector Seattle responds to oil spills from derelict, abandoned, or neglected vessels in its AOR. In an attempt to reduce these incidents, Sector has asked the Coast Guard Auxiliary to assist it in evaluating and monitoring those vessels, visiting them by water. This is a permanent, ongoing part of Auxiliary boat operations tasking within the Sector Seattle AOR, including portions that operate under orders from Group Port Angeles. (More...)

About Operation Trash Compactor

All pictures of vessels on this page have been visited and evaluated by Auxiliary facilities participating in Operation Trash Compactor