[CPEO-MEF] Lake Superior barrels

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Duluth and Red Cliff talk over DoD barrel investigation
Story posted Tuesday at 3:42 p.m.

Mike Simonson
91.3 KUWS FM (Duluth, MN)
September 30, 2008

Duluth and the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa are hoping to 
partner to investigate Department of Defense barrels dumped into Lake 
Superior. Mike Simonson reports.

Sonar surveys are going on this year to try to locate all of the dump 
sites north of Duluth's harbor.

Since more than 1400 of these 60-gallon drums were dumped between 1958 
and 1962, only four of seven sites have been located and nine barrels 
raised. The barrels contain ammunition parts. Now, Red Cliff is using 
Defense Department money, $600,000, to try to find all of these sites 
and then determine if they are a risk to Lake Superior's water supply.

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For the entire story, see
http://www.businessnorth.com/kuws.asp?RID=2534

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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