Coast Guard Marine Safety and Environmental Protection Division

C.J. seizes the briefing room's frenzy, slamming down this division's report: a single-hull VLCC tanker, hauling four million gallons of crude, grinds onto a shoal three miles south of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, its hull punctured and spewing 200,000 gallons into coastal waters. As Coast Guard sentinels of maritime peril, they dispatch precise intel on vessel grounding, spill volume, and environmental fallout, redirecting White House fire from voucher scandals to a surging ecological nightmare that tests federal resolve.