(Back left) Rear Adm. Michael N. Parks, commander of

(Back left) Rear Adm. Michael N. Parks, commander of the 9th Coast Guard District, and (middle left) Capt. Andrew Sugimoto, chief of the 9th Coast Guard District Incident Management Branch, along with crew members of the Environmental Protection Agency's research vessel Lake Guardian watch a demonstration of the Vessel of Opportunity Oil Skimming System in Cleveland Harbor on Lake Erie, Sept. 12, 2012. Coast guardsmen and representatives of the EPA Region V outfitted the Lake Gaurdian to carry the VoSS, which is designed to assist in the event of an oil spill in the Great Lakes. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Levi Read)