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MOBILE, Ala. (Oct. 9, 2005) - Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Ian A. Woods, Sector New York, and Petty Officer 3rd Class Huynh A. Nguyen, Sector Mobile, oversee hazardous materials remediation and vessel recovery of the 55-foot fishing vessel Binh Minh in Bayou La Batre, Ala., today. Woods and Nguyen worked for the Mobile Unified Command Environmental Branch. Resolve Marine, a contracting company, drafted a salvage plan for the removal of Binh Minh and the plan was approved by the Coast Guard. Woodsand Nguyen enforced compliance of the salvage plan by the contractors during each vessel removal. The Binh Minh was one of hundreds of vessels the UC recovered as a step in pollution mitigation and restoring the fishing industry in areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Vessel salvage, hazardous materials removal, and above-ground storage tank operations were key priorities in southern Alabama and Mississippi. USCG photo by PA2 Lisa Hennings \r\n