Coast Guard Services - United States Coast Guard - Ninth District

1201 Minnesota Avenue, Duluth, MN 55802

Eligibility

Serves the Great Lakes including Lake Superior shoreline of Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis counties

Hours

National Response Center: 24 hours/7 days a week

(218)529-3131

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Intake Aid to navigation team and U.S. Coast Guard Cutter SPAR

(906) 635-3233

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Marine safety unit

(218)725-3800

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Intake Marine safety unit

(218)529-3100

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Intake Coastal Guard Station

Websitehttps://www.atlanticarea.uscg.mil/Atlantic-Area/Units/District-9/Ninth-District-Units/

Application process

For oil spills or hazardous materials release call National Response Center at (800)424-8802

Service area

Cook County, MN Lake County, MN Saint Louis County, MN

Manages the risk of death, injury, pollution, and property damage from vessel accidents or terrorism aboard vessels and in US ports and waterways Maintains readiness to manage the consequences of marine incidents and events (pollution, heavy weather, and terrorist attacks) whenever they occur. Programs:

Casualty investigations

Cleanup activities

Commercial fishing vessel safety

Contingency plans

Drug and alcohol program review

Environmental response

Facility inspection

Facility inspection

Foreign vessel safety

Harbor patrol

Ice rescue

Identification of critical infrastructures

Marine environmental protection

Marine incident investigation

Marine transportation system products/services

Maritime homeland security

Maritime law enforcement

Military readiness

Pollution response

Preparedness planning

Recreational boating safety

Response protocols for bomb, biological, and chemical incidents

Search and rescue

Small passenger vessel safety

Un-inspected towing vessel safety

Vessel inspections

Waterways management

Units in Duluth includes the Coast Guard Station Duluth, Marine Safety Unit Duluth, U.S. Coast Guard Cutter SPAR, and Aid to navigation team.

Last Assured

05/01/2020

What's Here

Coast Guard

Providing organization

United States Coast Guard - Ninth District

Protects the public, the environment, and US economic interests in the nation's ports and waterways along the coast, on international waters, or in any maritime region as required, to support national security.