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| WHERE ARE THE BARRELS? |
BY BOB BEAR
Where are the barrels? What’s in the barrels? Why are the barrels at the bottom of Lake Superior on the north shore of Minnesota? Who put the barrels in the lake? Why did they put the barrels in the lake? What are the contents of the barrels in the lake? Is anything leaking into the lake?
Those are all very good questions. I will shed some light on the situation.
The Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, the stewards of our land water and air, is involved in a clean-up effort of approximately 600 barrels that were dumped in Lake Superior between 1959 and 1962.
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A private company was contracted by the Department of Defense to produce or manufacture munitions to be used in battle if a war would start. The US Army Corps of Engineers was contracted by the Department of Defense to hide the barrels of scrap material so that the enemy couldn’t see what was being produced by the United States. The dump site was determined by governmental agencies.
During a search of Lake Superior’s north shore, north of Duluth, MN, using underwater photography and sonar. Side Scans and Sector Scans were conducted to perform a Geophysical Survey of suspected barrel locations. A submersible remotely operated vehicle equipped with a camera visually observed specific locations of a 96 square mile area of western Lake Superior in search of the barrels. A total of 591 targets with a high probability of being the disposed barrels were identified within the Talmadge River, Sucker River and Lester River sites within Lake Superior. Targets, believed to be barrels, were visually inspected using the submersible ROV to confirm or deny that they were barrels. The condition of these barrels demonstrated signs of varying degrees of degradation, with notable oxidation (rusting) and exposed internal concrete. Objects believed to be munitions debris were observed within the concrete.
Tracey Ledder, Tribal Environmental Director, Leo LaFernier, Tribal Elder, Jeff Benton, Tribal Zoning Administrator and the Tribal EPA/ Lake Superior barrel clean-up committee will be releasing another news update this early summer.
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Posted on Jul 26, 2010 07:36am by admin
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