"The Army Corps
has committed they are responsible and if there are any leaks, they need to
address them," said Robert McCann, a DEQ spokesman. (See the
rest below plus URL.)
There?s that word ?address? again
? can anyone tell me what that means, to ?address? something? Is it to
shake hands with it, or perhaps deliver a speech to it? Can anyone tell
me if that means the slurry pit puts more dioxin into river sediments, the
Corps will remove it? Can anyone tell me that if this means more dioxin
out into Saginaw Bay and Lake Huron (our Great Lakes), that the Corps will
remove that dioxin? Can anyone tell me if that means more dioxin into
fish, that the Corps will remove those fish and give us clean fish? Can
anyone tell me if that means more people harmed by more dioxin into the fish
and onto flood plains and into Saginaw Bay that the Corps will FIX that
somehow? How will they DO that? And why isn?t Dow Chemical Company
responsible for their dioxin, why is it suddenly ok for the Army Corps of
Engineers to be responsible for Dow?s dioxin? Why is any government
agency now responsible for Dow?s dioxin?
Is this what Dow wanted all
along?
-Rita Jack.
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http://blog.mlive.com/bctimes/2008/05/lt_gov_john_cherry_clears_way.html
Lt.
Gov. John Cherry clears way for Saginaw River dredging spoils
site
Posted by alpayne May 01, 2008
11:29AM
Categories: Breaking News, Community News, Environment, Government
The U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers has won the battle over a dredging site to hold 20
years worth of spoils from the Upper Saginaw River.
Under a
compromise worked out in a private meeting with Lt. Gov. John Cherry, the
state Department of Environmental Quality won't require a slurry wall or
groundwater permit for the site, a $5 million clay pit built on the
Bay-Saginaw county line in Frankenlust and Zilwaukee
townships.
DEQ
staffers who reviewed the Corps plans said a slurry wall and permit were
needed to keep contaminated groundwater from migrating off the site and back
into the Saginaw River.
"The Army Corps has committed they are responsible and
if there are any leaks, they need to address them," said Robert McCann, a DEQ
spokesman.
"This
allows the project to go forward."
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~Rita Jack
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