Oil Spill Cleanup Operations

Images depicting environmental cleanup efforts after oil spills, showcasing workers in protective gear and contaminated materials being processed.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance. GPS coordinates in metadata. , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - Transfering contaminated material collected offshore to lined roll off containers for transport to waste facility. USEPA photo by Eric Vance. GPS coordinates in metadata. , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - Transfering contaminated material collected offshore to lined roll off containers for transport to waste facility. USEPA photo by Eric Vance. GPS coordinates in metadata. , Environmental Protection Agency

A team of environmentalists clean up an oil spill in Huntington beach, California

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - Water sample decanted into amber bottle. USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - Fractionation tanks. "Frack Tanks", hold water and oil mixture to allow natural seperation of fluid. USEPA photo by Eric Vance. GPS coordinates in metadata. , Environmental Protection Agency

Pollution - 26-HK-219-91. Hurricane Katrina

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Cocodrie, Louisiana and Oil Disaster Meeting in Dulac, Louisiana (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance. GPS coordinates in metadata. , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance. GPS coordinates in metadata. , Environmental Protection Agency

Pollution - 26-HK-219-89. Hurricane Katrina

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Cocodrie, Louisiana and Water Sampling (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Cleaning of oil pollution of banks of Loire river estuary

ESU St. Louis - Murphy Oil - 26-HK-319-120. Temp Sand Berm-Meraux Canal. Hurricane Katrina

Pollution - 26-HK-219-69. Hurricane Katrina

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - Academia Science Breefing. USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Cocodrie, Louisiana and Oil Disaster Meeting in Dulac, Louisiana (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Venice, La., Nov. 1, 2012 Before the Orphan Containers are transported to the collection site the US Coast Guard keeps a log to track each specific container and identify what kind of chemicals are inside. Louisiana Hurricane Isaac. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Fire - Catano, Puerto Rico, November 4, 2009 Private Contractor employees work in the incident area to prevent more contamination from chemical in other areas. Video and pictures are for the Unified Response and Coordination Instructional Video for FEMA. Michael Medina-Latorre/FEMA. Puerto Rico Explosions and Fire. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Cocodrie, Louisiana and Water Sampling (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Pollution - 26-HK-219-83. Hurricane Katrina

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - Blue Heron, with head and neck apparently coated with oil. USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Pollution - 26-HK-219-58. Hurricane Katrina

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) , Environmental Protection Agency

Aftermath and Relief - 26-HK-295-97. Hurricane Katrina

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - Academia Science Breefing. USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Cleaning of oil pollution on reed bed of Loire river estuary

In-Situ Burn Chevron Pipeline - Empire, Louisiana - 26-HK-159-15. Hurricane Katrina

Tornado - Tuscaloosa, Ala. , August 2, 2011 Habitat for Humanity volunteers work in 100 degree heat to rebuild homes on 5th Street in Tuscaloosa after they were destroyed by a series of tornados that struck Alabama on April 27. FEMA supports the generosity and expertise of volunteer agencies (VOLAGS) like Habitat for Humanity. FEMA attempts to coordinate the agency's recovery efforts through its VOLAG liaison and VOLAG specialists. Alabama Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Oil removal.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - Pressure washing and wrangling boom. USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Water - Lake Manassas , Environmental Protection Agency

Pollution - ESU St. Louis Response - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-255-89. Clean Alligator. Hurricane Katrina

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - Oil from BP churns in the Gullf of Mexico just off shore of Grand Isle State Park, Grand Isle, LA. USEPA photo by Eric Vance. , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - Oil contaminated absorbent boom is loaded into plastic bags and transported from the field to a transfer area where it is loaded into containers and transported to a landfill. USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Contractors attempt to syphon oil out of the marsh after an oil spill in Louisiana, USA; Grand Isle, Louisiana, United States of America

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Pollution - 26-HK-219-76. Hurricane Katrina

Pollution - ESU St. Louis Response - Sundown - 26-HK-250-73. Crew raking grass on levee. Hurricane Katrina

Pollution - 26-HK-219-87. Hurricane Katrina

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - Pressure washing and wrangling boom. USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Workers bag oil-collecting pompoms near a bird rookery; Barataria Bay, Louisiana, United States of America

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - Sandy Wise, toxicoligist, stands next to an idle fish cleaning station watching streams of BP oil wash ashore at Grand Isle State Park. Grand Isle, LA. USEPA photo by Eric Vance. , Environmental Protection Agency

Pollution - 26-HK-219-74. Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina

Pollution - ESU St. Louis Response - South Bass - 26-HK-234-12. oil transferring into the hatch of NRC 8. Hurricane Katrina

Cleaning of oil pollution on reed bed of Loire river estuary

ESU St. Louis - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-327-4. Hurricane Katrina

Cleaning of oil pollution of banks of Loire river estuary

Americorps is assisting Hurricane Isaac survivors. Louisiana Hurricane Isaac. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Pollution - 26-HK-219-93. Hurricane Katrina

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance. GPS coordinates in metadata. , Environmental Protection Agency

In-Situ Burn Chevron Pipeline - Empire, Louisiana - 26-HK-159-29. Hurricane Katrina

Cleaning of oil pollution on reed bed of Loire river estuary

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance. GPS coordinates in metadata. , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - Fourchon beach after clean up. USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Testing for Environmental Toxins

A man with adsorbent materials to clean up oil washed ashore after a spill near Huntington Beach, California

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - Fourchon beach after clean up. USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Hurricane Katrina

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Tour, given by BP corporate officials to Secretary Gale Norton and Minerals Management Service Director Johnnie Burton, of the world's largest offshore oil platform, near Ingleside, Texas, used to tap Gulf of Mexico oil and natural gas reserves

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Cocodrie, Louisiana and Oil Disaster Meeting in Dulac, Louisiana (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Pollution - 26-HK-219-97. Hurricane Katrina

Workers sop oil near a bird rookery; Barataria Bay, Louisiana, United States of America

Oil spill on Huntington Beach, workers cleaning up, California

Pollution - ESU St. Louis Response - South Bass - 26-HK-233-17. Hurricane Katrina

St. Charles County, MO, June 22, 2008 City of St. Charles Fire Captain Richard Ohlms, help load sandbags into a gator at the Elm Point levee to help with the continuing efforts to keep the water from toppling over the levee. St. Charles County, MO, June 22, 2008 -- City of St. Charles Fire Captain Richard Ohlms, help load sandbags into a gator at the Elm Point levee to help with the continuing efforts to keep the water from toppling over the levee.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Animal remains are carefully tagged, photographed and collected during a search and recovery exercise held during Octobers Unit Training Assembly at Great Bear Recreation Park, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Oct. 1, 2022. The training exposed Airmen to the realities of bodily fluids and potential biohazards thanks in part to Mike Eggers, manager at the Renner Meat Locker, who donated unused pig and cow remains for the simulated mission.

Pollution - ESU St. Louis Response - South Bass - 26-HK-234-43. Hurricane Katrina

Earth Day - EPA at 40: Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day and EPA , Environmental Protection Agency

In-Situ Burn Chevron Pipeline - Empire, Louisiana - 26-HK-159-16. Hurricane Katrina

Weed insecticide fumigation. Organic ecological agriculture. Spray pesticides, pesticide on fruit lemon in growing agricultural plantation, spain. Man spraying or fumigating pesti, pest control.. Weed insecticide fumigation. Organic ecological agriculture. Spray pesticides, pesticide on fruit lemon in growing agricultural plantation, spain. Man spraying or fumigating pesti, pest control

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - Academia Science Breefing. USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Cocodrie, Louisiana and Oil Disaster Meeting in Dulac, Louisiana (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance. GPS coordinates in metadata. , Environmental Protection Agency

Louisiana Wetlands

Hurricane Ike, Galveston, TX, September 28, 2008 Workers at a debris collection site cull household articles which contain toxic materials such as batteries, gasoline, freon for safe disposal. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) supplies funds for debris collection under its Public Assistance (PA) program to local governments after major disasters. Leif Skoogfors/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, LA, September 18, 2005 -- FEMA Urban Search and Rescue members give water to a lizard found in a broke tank inside a house while searching for residents impacted by Hurricane Katriana. Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

Cergio Obregon, National Environmental Policy Act program manager, Environmental Department, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma, participated in the roadside cleanup of Palo Verde Street as a part of their Earth Week events in Yuma, Arizona, April 21, 2022. MCAS Yuma adopted this street over 20 years ago, and has helped keep it clean each year since.

Detroit, Michigan, Volunteers fill sandbags to protect homes along the Detroit River from expected flooding due to high water levels in the Great Lakes.

Rosharon, Texas, Cambodian immigrant Sompong Ly, 48, grows water spinach in south Texas greenhouses. He is part of a community of Cambodian refugees who settled in south Texas in the early 1980s after fleeing the Khmer Rouge. He now fears the government wants to deport him because of some trouble with the law 17 years ago. The community is struggling after Hurricane Harvey flooded their community, damaging or destroying many homes.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - Examining pom-pom boom in "hot zone". USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Inflating and packing rafts by a river in a canyon.

AmeriCorps volunteers fill sandbags in preparation for future severe weather at their operations base in New Roads, La.. Louisiana Severe Storms and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

FEMA Corps members rip up floorboards damaged by flooding during the August 2016 flooding in Louisiana. The effort was part of the National Day of Service when AmeriCoprs and FEMA Corps members pitched in to help muck and gut first responders homes affected by the flooding.. Louisiana Severe Storms and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Pollution - ESU St. Louis Response - South Bass - 26-HK-234-44. Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina

Sewage treatment plant on the Patuxent River, MD.

FRA - SOCIETY - YELLOW VEST OF DINANSaturday, December 15, the yellow vests continue the occupation of the main roundabout on the outskirts of Dinan in Brittany.FRA - SOCIETY - GILETS JAUNES DE DINANSamedi 15 décembre, les gilets jaunes continue l'occupation du rond-point principal de la périphérie de Dinan en Bretagne.

Workers clean up after oil spill, Buzzards Bay. Subjects: Employees (USFWS); Oil spills. Location: Massachusetts.

Cleanup Crew Near Rodeo Beach

Aftermath and Relief - 26-HK-294-96. Hurricane Katrina

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - Oil from BP spill coats beach and jetty at Grand Isle State Park, Grand Isle, LA. USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Hurricane Katrina

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