{"id":29954,"date":"2016-03-07T09:01:31","date_gmt":"2016-03-07T17:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spijue.wpengine.com\/news\/coast-guard-moves-on-to-next-phase-of-challenger-removal\/"},"modified":"2016-03-07T09:01:31","modified_gmt":"2016-03-07T17:01:31","slug":"coast-guard-moves-on-to-next-phase-of-challenger-removal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/coast-guard-moves-on-to-next-phase-of-challenger-removal\/","title":{"rendered":"Coast Guard moves on to next phase of Challenger removal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Coast Guard has completed the abatement process of the tugboat Challenger, and destruction is slated to begin this week.<\/p>\n<p>The abandoned tugboat was raised from Gastineau Channel at the end of February and it\u2019s since been moored to the A.J. Dock.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, subcontractor Absolute Services removed all oil and hazardous materials found on board, including asbestos and lead paint. Global Diving and Salvage Inc. then cleaned inside the vessel, which involved cutting ventilation holes for fuel tanks, steam cleaning and removing debris. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are pleased to see the oil and hazardous materials safely removed from our waters,\u201d said Commander Marc Burd. \u201cMoving forward, being good stewards of the waterway and the environment will remain a major priority during the destruction phase of the removal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Coast Guard plans to tow the Challenger early this week. It\u2019ll be brought ashore, broken down and disposed of in accordance with an approved disposal plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Coast Guard has completed the abatement process of the tugboat Challenger, and destruction is slated to begin this week. The abandoned tugboat was raised from Gastineau Channel at the end of February and it\u2019s since been moored to the A.J. Dock. Last week, subcontractor Absolute Services removed all oil and hazardous materials found [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_stopmodifiedupdate":false,"_modified_date":"","wds_primary_category":4,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[75],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-29954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29954\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29954"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=29954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}