[CPEO-MEF] NATIVE PEOPLE: Chippewa to raise 70 Army barrels from Lake Superior

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Red Cliff Band Raises 70 Mystery Barrels Dumped by U.S. Army Into  
Lake Superior

By Konnie LeMay
Indian Country Today Media Network
August 20, 2012


The mystery of more than 1,450 55-gallon barrels dumped into Lake  
Superior between 1959 and 1962 by the U.S. Army should be less of a  
mystery after an effort headed by the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior  
Chippewa to raise 70 of those barrels to review their contents and  
condition.

The band's Environmental Department, working with the private  
environmental services company EMR Inc., is recovering the barrels  
within the 96-square-mile area located one to three miles offshore  
between Duluth and Knife River, Minnesota, in areas previously  
identified by sonar scans and submersible vehicles. The barrels lay  
130 to 400 feet under the surface and are within at least 1.5 miles  
of the drinking-water intake system for Duluth and Superior, Wisconsin.

"Results of this investigation will be used to determine if the  
barrel contents pose any potential threat to area residents, tribes,  
fisheries, aquatic life or the environment," the Red Cliff Band said  
in a statement. "The primary goal is to determine if further  
investigation or remediation is required."



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For the entire article, see
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/08/20/red-cliff-leads- 
the-charge-on-lake-superior-mystery-barrels-129896

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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