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Long Island, N.Y., Dec. 3, 2012 -- These gas tanks are ready for disposal. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) prepare chemicals for disposal in orphan containers found in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. Hurricane Sandy moved hundreds of hazardous chemical containers from homes and businesses into the marshland. FEMA has assigned EPA with the mission of collecting and disposing the chemicals. Eliud Echevarria / FEMA

The original finding aid described this as: Date Taken: 2012-12-03 00:00:00 UTC Photographer Name: Eliud Echevarria City/State: Long Island, NY Keywords: Hazard ^ Hurricane ^ FEMA ^ floods ^ sandy ^ New Yor More

Sergeant (SGT) James A. Faison wears a protective mask and clothing while mixing photographic chemicals in the photo lab processing room

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Earl Vroman Release Status: Released to Publ More

A crewman from the engineering division mixes chemicals for recharging batteries during exercise Unitas XX

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XX Base: Porto De Heirro Country: Venezuela (VEN) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 J. Vinson Release Status: Released to Pu More

MASTER SGT. Bill Thompson Eglin Air Force Base, Fla....A member of the Strategic Air Command civil engineering team adds chemicals to a portable water purification system during the Readiness Challenge '87 competition. OFFICIAL U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO (RELEA

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A1C Mooton from the 459th Civil Engineering Flight mixes chemicals for water purification during Exercise Prime Beef '82

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PRIME BEEF '82 Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: More

An artist's concept of a Big Eye bomb, an aircraft delivered binary chemical bomb. This is the first weapon to generate a persistent nerve agent from two non-toxic chemicals. These non-toxic agents are shipped and store separately, eliminating the possibility of toxic agent formation prior to a mission requirement. The Big Eye is a joint U.S. Navy-Air Force development program and will be compatible with most Navy and Air Force tactical aircraft

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A photographer's mate pours chemicals into a processor at the base photo lab

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station, Keflavik Country: Iceland (ISL) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digita More

US Marines add chemicals to a reverse osmosis water purification unit (ROWPU) during Exercise EASTERN WIND '83, the amphibious landing phase of Exercise BRIGHT STAR '83

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '83 / EASTERN WIND 83 Base: Berbera Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT W. R. Hower Release Stat More

A crewman prepares chemicals aboard the repair ship USS AJAX (AR 6)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station, Sima State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 S. Jonas Release Status: Released More

First LT. Joseph Costantino of the Aeronautical Systems Division performs a test to determine the compatibility of chemicals. Constantino is working on the development of new materials for composites

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT. Bill Thompson Release Stat More

ENSIGN Robert D. Sanders Jr. of Atlantic, Georgia, tests chemicals used to "scrub" carbon dioxide from the air supply of the nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarine USS GEORGIA (SSBN 729)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: JOC John Johnson Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Students spray fire-retardant chemicals at a building fire in a controlled-burn area at the Naval Reserve Naval Damage Control Training Center. Students are being trained at the center by other reservists in shipboard damage control, firefighting and chemical-biological-radiological (CBR) warfare defense

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Philadelphia State: Pennsylvania (PA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Richard A. Cook Release Status: Release More

US Army soldier prepares water purification chemicals during Exercise GALLANT EAGLE '86

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '86 Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operato More

Flight deck crew members wear respirators while working with chemicals aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Borbely Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Aircraft support personnel of the 33rd Tactical Fighter Wing use neutralizing chemicals to hose down an F-15 Eagle aircraft during a decontamination exercise, part of the chemical warfare Exercise NOMAD THRUST 88. The men are wearing nuclear-biological-c

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NOMAD THRUST 88 Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator More

Aircraft support personnel of the 33rd Tactical Fighter Wing use neutralizing chemicals to hose down an F-15 Eagle aircraft during a decontamination exercise, part of the chemical warfare Exercise NOMAD THRUST 88. The men are wearing nuclear-biological-c

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NOMAD THRUST 88 Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator More

Clouds of simulated chemicals pass over F-15 Eagle aircraft parked on the flight line during Exercise NOMAD THRUST'88

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NOMAD THRUST Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: M More

Clouds of simulated chemicals pass over F-15 Eagle aircraft parked on the flight line during Exercise NOMAD THRUST'88

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NOMAD THRUST Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: M More

An aircraft support crewman of the 33rd Tactical Fighter Wing uses neutralizing chemicals to hose down an F-15 Eagle aircraft during a decontamination exercise, part of the chemical warfare Exercise NOMAD THRUST 88. The crewman is wearing nuclear-biologi

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NOMAD THRUST 88 Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator More

A C-130 Hercules aircraft equipped with a modular airborne firefighting system (MAFFS) dives over the White Mountain complex fire near Spokane, Wash., spreading flame-retardant chemicals

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Michael E. Best Release Status: Released to Public Combined More

Flame retardant chemicals stain the flight line near two C-130 Hercules aircraft at Geiger Field. The chemicals were drained from the modular airborne firefighting systems (MAFFS) installed aboard the aircraft, which are being used to battle forest fires in the nearby White Mountain complex

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Spokane State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Michael E. Best Release Status: Released to More

A C-130 Hercules aircraft equipped with a modular airborne firefighting system (MAFFS) dives over the White Mountain complex fire near Spokane, Wash., spreading flame-retardant chemicals

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Michael E. Best Release Status: Released to Public Combined More

US Army soldiers, wearing the M40A1 Chemical-Biological Mask, from the First Infantry Division, 12th Chemical Company, wash an M997 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) maxi-ambulance (4-litter) to remove left over chemicals. Soldiers performed a first aid and decontamination exercise at the town of Lukavac, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Operation JOINT GUARD, 27 June 1997

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Base: Lukavac Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Francisco L. Romo, USA Release More

US Air Force AIRMAN (AMN) Stephanie Lawson assigned to the 89th Services Squadron, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, washes pots and pans used to prepare the lunch meal. She must wear protective rubber gloves to help protect her from the scalding hot water and chemicals used to maintain a proper level of hygiene while operating a field kitchen

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Dix State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Efrain Gonzalez Release Status: Released to More

A US Air Force Reserve (USAFR) C-130 Hercules Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System aircraft, assigned to the 302nd Airlift Wing (AW), drops fire retardant chemicals on the Big Crow wildfire in Southwestern Idaho. The 302nd AW, along with the146th AW, California (CA), Air National Guard (ANG) have been deployed to Boise, Idaho, to help contain wildfires in the area before they become major fires

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Boise State: Idaho (ID) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Edie Cervantes, USAF Release Status: Released to Pub More

Mr. Vern Goodman, a technician with the US Army Visual Information Center, dumps used chemicals into the silver recovery container, inside the PHOTO Services Division

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pentagon State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Carl L. Lingreen Release Status: Re More

SENIOR AIRMAN Theresa Sloan, 51st Medical Group Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, wearing the MCU-2A/P Chemical-Biological mask uses a chemical agent monitor to assure no chemicals are present in the final phase of the decontamination processing area at the emergency entrance of the Hospital during Osan's Initial Response Readiness training exercise

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Justin D. Pyle Release Status: Relea More

Two Task Force Falcon G3 Nuclear Biological Chemical (NBC) team members spray the excess chemicals from their French chemical protective suits prior to stepping out of the cleaning pit, during the cleanup of the IBG Battery factory in the town of Gnjilane, near Camp Montieth, during Operation JOINT GUARDIAN II

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN II Base: Gnjilane Country: Serbia (SER) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Michael Barranti, USA Release Status: Rele More

Two Task Force Falcon G3 Nuclear Biological Chemical (NBC) team members spray the excess chemicals from their French chemical protective suits prior to stepping out of the cleaning pit, during the cleanup of the IBG Battery factory in the town of Gnjilane, near Camp Montieth, during Operation JOINT GUARDIAN II

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN II Base: Gnjilane Country: Serbia (SER) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Michael Barranti, USA Release Status: Rele More

Working in wearing Mission-Oriented Protective Posture response level 3 (MOPP-3) gear, STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Michael Knight, USAF, 731st Air Mobility Squadron (AMS), uses a Chemical Agent Monitor (CAM) Type L to detect possible chemicals on a pallet before unloading it from a C-130 Hercules, during Exercise BEVERLY BULLDOG at Osan Air Base

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BEVERLY BULLDOG Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF Scene Camera Operator: More

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Amory Saucedo, with the 355th Expeditionary Medical Squadron (EMS), lays quietly as a member of the decontamination team remove simulated chemicals he has been exposed to in his Mission-Oriented Protective Postures level 4 (MOPP-4) gear, during Exercise Bushwhacker 03-04 at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (AFB), Arizona (AZ)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: S More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Nalani Moenoa, with the 355th Medical Group (MDG), a Public Health Journeymen, inspects teammate AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Faye Perez, insuring her Mission-Oriented Protective Postures level 4 (MOPP-4) gear is properly sealed from dangerous simulated chemicals, during the decontamination phase of Exercise Bushwhacker 03-04, at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (AFB), Arizona (AZ)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: S More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Michael Hollins from the 20th Logistics Readiness Squadron (LRS), at Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina (SC), brushes any possible chemicals off his boots before entering a building during a phase II exercise

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: SSG More

040817-F-4045M-011 (Aug. 17, 2004)US Air Force (USAF) Firefighters Gregory Farley (left), and USAF SENIOR AIRMAN Brandon Albrecht, both with the 20th Civil Engineering Squadron (CES), Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina (SC), in Joint Firefighter Integrated Response Ensembles (JFIRE) in Mission Oriented Protective Posture (MOPP) 4, work to stop a container from leaking simulated chemicals at the scene of a major accident response exercise (MARE) on"Patrol Road"at the base. Emergency response agencies on the base are participating in a scenario involving fuel spill and casualties. U.S. Air Force PHOTO by AIRMAN First Class Amber McCarthy (RELEASED)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Amber Mccarthy, USAF Release S More

A fishing dhow prepares to pass over the port bow of the US Navy (USN) High Speed Vessel Two (HSV 2) SWIFT, as the vessel arrives in the harbor at Belawan, Indonesia, carrying water purification chemicals, medical supplies, and rice denoted from the Mexico people to support Operation UNIFIED ASSISTANCE, the humanitarian operation effort in response to the Tsunami that struck Southeast Asia

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UNIFIED ASSISTANCE Base: Port Of Belawan Country: Indonesia (IDN) Scene Camera Operator: PH1(Aw) Shawn P. Eklund, Usn Releas More

[Hurricane Rita] Cameron, LA, 11-10-05 -- An environmental specialist carefully disposes of chemicals that Hurricane Rita spilled. The EPA, funded by FEMA is involved in a massive operation to identify and clean up any hazards so that people will not be exposed to any hazards. MARVIN NAUMAN/FEMA photo

Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

[Hurricane Rita] Cameron, LA, 11-10-05 -- Environmental specialists carefully dispose of chemicals that Hurricane Rita spilled. The EPA, funded by FEMA is involved in a massive operation to identify and clean up any hazards so that people will not be exposed to any hazards. MARVIN NAUMAN/FEMA photo

Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

[Hurricane Rita] Cameron, LA, 11-19-05 -- The local environmental was damaged when storage tanks like these broke and leaked and mixed with other unknown chemicals from Hurricane Rita. The EPA, funded by FEMA is involved in a massive operation to identify and clean up any hazards so that people will not be exposed to any hazards. MARVIN NAUMAN/FEMA photo

Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

STAFF SGT. Andrew Dara of the 4-23 Infantry Battalion, Bravo Company,172nd Stryker Brigade walks a detainee back to a stryker after the detainee tested positive for some explosive chemicals being on his hands at a Traffic Control Point (TCP) in Mosul in Support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Clydell Kinchen) (Released)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Clyde Kinchen, USA Release Status: Released to Publ More

U.S. Air Force TECH. SGT. Melissa Saraiva (left), Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge (NCOIC), Bioenvironmental Engineer Flight, and CAPT. Charles Toth (right), Commander, Bioenvironmental Engineer Flight, check monitoring devices on April 13, 2007, at Balad Air Base, Salah Ad Din Province, Iraq, for common air borne pesticides and other environmental hazardous chemicals, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Bioenvironmental engineers perform environmental, occupational, and radiological surveillance in order to protect and maintain a healthy work force. They also serve as mission enhancers during emergency management response operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by AIRMAN 1ST Class Nathan Doza)...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: U.S. Air Force TECH. SGT. Melissa Saraiva (left), Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge (NCOIC), Bioenvironmental Engineer Flight, More

Oil-Lifting Chemical Tests, San Francisco, California

SAN FRANCISCO - Coast Guard Pacific and Atlantic Strike Team members with the Cosco Busan Incident watch as other responders apply oil-lifting chemicals to oiled rocks in Berkeley Marina Nov. 21, 2007. Three ar More

Oil-Lifting Chemical Tests, San Francisco, California

SAN FRANCISCO - Response team members with the Cosco Busan Incident apply oil-lifting chemicals to oiled rocks in Berkeley Marina Nov. 21, 2007.Three areas were surrounded by containment boom and used to test t More

Oil-Lifting Chemical Tests, San Francisco, California

SAN FRANCISCO - Response team members with the Cosco Busan Incident apply oil-lifting chemicals to oiled rocks in Berkeley Marina Nov. 21, 2007.Three areas were surrounded by containment boom and used to test t More

Oil-Lifting Chemical Tests, San Francisco, California

SAN FRANCISCO - Response team members with the Cosco Busan Incident apply oil-lifting chemicals to oiled rocks in Berkeley Marina Nov. 21, 2007.Three areas were surrounded by containment boom and used to test t More

Oil-Lifting Chemical Tests, San Francisco, California

SAN FRANCISCO - Response team members with the Cosco Busan Incident apply oil-lifting chemicals to oiled rocks in Berkeley Marina Nov. 21, 2007.Three areas were surrounded by containment boom and used to test t More

Oil-Lifting Chemical Tests, San Francisco, California

SAN FRANCISCO - Response team members with the Cosco Busan Incident use a fluorometer to test the amount of oil at different depths in Berkeley Marina Nov. 21, 2007.Three areas were surrounded by containment bo More

Oil-Lifting Chemical Tests, San Francisco, California

SAN FRANCISCO - Response team members with the Cosco Busan Incident apply oil-lifting chemicals to oiled rocks in Berkeley Marina Nov. 21, 2007.Three areas were surrounded by containment boom and used to test t More

Oil-Lifting Chemical Tests, San Francisco, California

SAN FRANCISCO - Response team members with the Cosco Busan Incident apply oil-lifting chemicals to oiled rocks in Berkeley Marina Nov. 21, 2007.Three areas were surrounded by containment boom and used to test t More

Oil-Lifting Chemical Tests, San Francisco, California

SAN FRANCISCO - Response team members with the Cosco Busan Incident apply oil-lifting chemicals to oiled rocks in Berkeley Marina Nov. 21, 2007.Three areas were surrounded by containment boom and used to test t More

Oil-Lifting Chemical Tests, San Francisco, California

SAN FRANCISCO - Response team members with the Cosco Busan Incident use a fluorometer to test the amount of oil at different depths in Berkeley Marina Nov. 21, 2007.Three areas were surrounded by containment bo More

Oil-Lifting Chemical Tests, San Francisco, California

SAN FRANCISCO - Response team members with the Cosco Busan Incident apply oil-lifting chemicals to oiled rocks in Berkeley Marina Nov. 21, 2007.Three areas were surrounded by containment boom and used to test t More

Oil-Lifting Chemical Tests, San Francisco, California

SAN FRANCISCO - Response team members with the Cosco Busan Incident apply oil-lifting chemicals to oiled rocks in Berkeley Marina Nov. 21, 2007.Three areas were surrounded by containment boom and used to test t More

Oil-Lifting Chemical Tests, San Francisco, California

SAN FRANCISCO - Response team members with the Cosco Busan Incident apply oil-lifting chemicals to oiled rocks in Berkeley Marina Nov. 21, 2007.Three areas were surrounded by containment boom and used to test t More