Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities

Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Ports and Shipping in the United States Top Five U.S. Ports by Cargo Volume 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Los Angeles, CA Long Beach, CA New York, NY Charleston, SC Savannah, GA Slide 14. 1 Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Cargo Ship at Dock Source: http://www.portofhouston.com/geninfo/overview1.html Slide 14.2 Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Ports and Harbors Get Busier: the volume of cargo increases with the rise in international trade Source: www.portofhouston.com/geninfo/overview Slide 14. 3 Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Accident at the Port of New Orleans Slide 14. 4 Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Diesel fuel from ships pollutes the air Source: www.loe.org/archives/020503.htm Slide 14. 5 Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Ports Require Large Areas of Land and Coastal Waters Source: www.halcrow.com/ports_capab/portplan.htm Slide 14. 6 Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Port Lights at Night May Disturb Wildlife and Nearby Residents Source: www.hants.gov.uk/coast/portsandshipping.html Slide 14. 7 Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Construction in 1956 by Norfolk Dredging Co. Source: US Army Corps of Engineers Slide 14. 8 Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Dredging Area Dredged area is divided into three cells. One cell is always receiving dredged material while the other two are drying out. Source: US Army Corps of Engineers Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Slide 14. 9 Pumping Dredged Material Photo: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District HQ, USACE Office of History Source: http://gisweb.nao.usace.army.mil/craneyee/AboutCraneyIsland.asp Slide 14. 10 Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Dredged Material Dredged material is 50 percent water by weight. As the material dries, it shrinks Photo: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District HQ, USACE Office of History Source: http://gisweb.nao.usace.army.mil/craneyee/AboutC raneyIsland.asp Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Slide 14. 11 US Navy Facilities Within the United States Source: US Navy Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Slide 14. 12 Navy Aircraft Carrier Source: US Navy Slide 14. 13 Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge Source: US Fish and Wildlife Service ncplanning.fws.gov/.../pages/waterfowl3_JPG.htm Slide 14. 14 Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Navy Fighter Jet Source: US Navy Slide 14. 15 Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Military Helicopter Source: US Department of Defense Slide 14. 16 Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course US Navy Submarine Source: US Navy Slide 14. 17 Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Beached Whale Photo Credit: Northwest Stranding Network Source: NOAA Fisheries Office of Protected Resources www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/health/mmume/ Slide 14. 18 Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Offshore Oil Well May Leak Petroleum Onto Ocean Surface Source: seis.natsci.csulb.edu/bperry/scbweb/pollution.htm Slide 14. 19 Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Accident During Tanker Transport Supertanker, the Amoco Cadiz, sinking off the coast of France in 1978 Source: NOAA http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/kids/spills Slide 14. 20 Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Exxon Valdez Source: NOAA Slide 14. 21 Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Oil Spill On Shore Source: NOAA Slide 14. 22 Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Growing Oil Slick Tanker ALVENUS incident, Cameron, Louisiana, July 1984 Source: NOAA Slide 14. 23 Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Heavy Oil in the Form of a Tar Mat on Beach Source: NOAA Slide 14. 24 Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Boom Contains Oil Spill Booms like these collect and trap oil to prevent it from reaching the shoreline Source: NOAA www.oceanservice.noaa.gov/.../welcome.html Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Slide 14. 25 Oil Spill Cleanup on Shore Source: NOAA http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/kids/spills Slide 14. 26 Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Response Vessels Tow a Boom in Place Tanker ALVENUS incident, Cameron, Louisiana, July 1984. Response vessels towing a containment boom in the area of the ALVENUS. Source: NOAA Slide 14. 27 Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Damage Assessment Following An Oil Spill Natural resource damage assessment is an essential element in determining restoration needs. Source: NOAA www.oceanservice.noaa.gov/.../welcome.html Slide 14. 28 Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Location of U.S. Nuclear Power Reactors Source: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Slide 14. 29 Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Nuclear Facility in Coastal Florida Crystal River 1-3 Photograph by Levy County Emergency Management Source: www.industcards.com/nuclear-us-southeast.htm Slide 14. 30 Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Ocean Floor Disposal of Nuclear Waste Source: US DOE http://www.ocrwm.doe.gov/ymp/about/oceanfloor.shtml Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Slide 14. 31 Offshore Wind Farm in Danish Coastal Waters Source: Danish Trade Council www.um.dk/.../0202/0202/html/chapter03.htm Slide 14. 32 Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Wave Energy Source: California Energy Commission www.energy.ca.gov/development/oceanenergy/ Slide 14. 33 Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Tidal Energy Source: UN Atlas of the Oceans Source: www.oceansatlas.org/cds_static/en/tidal_energ... Slide 14. 34 Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Coastal Brownfield Source: NOAA www.magazine.noaa.gov/stories/mag57.htm Slide 14. 35 Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Brownfields are often sites of former industrial facilities Source: NOAA http://www.brownfields.noaa.gov/htmls/portfields/portfields.html Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Slide 14. 36 Surrounding waterways are often impaired in brownfield locations Source: NOAA: www.magazine.noaa.gov/stories/mag57.htm Slide 14. 37 Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Multiple Brownfield Sites in New Bedford, MA Source: NOAA http://www.brownfields.noaa.gov/htmls/portfields/pilot_newbed.html Slide 14. 38 Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Improved Waterfront Access in Revitalized Coastal Brownfield Source: NOAA http://www.brownfields.noaa.gov/htmls/portfields/portfields.html Slide 14. 39 Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Dredging in New Bedford Harbor Improves Navigation Source: NOAA http://www.brownfields.noaa.gov/htmls/portfields/pilot_newbed.html Slide 14. 40 Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Trash in Coastal Waters Source: US EPA www.epa.gov/owow/oceans/debris/ Slide 14. 41 Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Debris Hazardous to Marine Animals Source: US EPA www.epa.gov/owow/oceans/debris/ Slide 14. 42 Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Trash Under the Ocean Source: US EPA www.epa.gov/owow/oceans/debris/ Slide 14. 43 Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Ocean Dumping from Split Hull Barge Source: EPA www.epa.gov/.../mprsa/whatsallowed.html Slide 14. 44 Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Dumping of Sewage Sludge Source: US EPA www.epa.gov/.../regulatory/mprsa/before.html Slide 14. 45 Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Garbage Barge Source: US EPA www.epa.gov/.../regulatory/mprsa/before.html Slide 14. 46 Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Coastal Tourism: Sand, Sea, and Sun Source: NOAA http://spo.nos.noaa.gov/busline/socioeco.html Slide 14. 47 Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Miami Beach, Florida Source: www.miamibeachfl.gov/ Slide 14. 48 Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Aerial View of Beach at Riis Park with Parking in Background (NY) Source: Federal Transportation Administration www.fta.dot.gov/.../NPS/Northeast/Gateway.html Slide 14. 49 Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Coastal Ecotourism: Biking New Jersey’coastal s region offers miles of scenic paths and routes for cyclists. Source: NOAA Slide 14. 50 Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Coastal Ecotourism: Birdwatching Bird watching generates millions of ecotourism dollars in Cape May, NJ. Source: NOAA www.oar.noaa.gov/.../spot_ecotourism.html Slide 14. 51 Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course Cruise Ship The Environmental Protection Agency EPA is developing standards for discharges of sewage and graywater from large cruise ships operating in the waters in and near Alaska. Source: EPA Slide 14. 52 Session 14: Technological Hazards Facing Coastal Communities Coastal Hazards Management Course