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I am not aware that the Corps has the legal authority to bind
the United States to “address” damages to persons, property, or natural
resources should a leakage occur. They likely can address any maintenance or
repairs to the project under existing authority, subject to availability of
funds. Any agreement along these lines with a private party would contain fairly
binding liability provisions or be automatically subject to such provisions by
law. Douglas Jester From: owner-enviro-mich@great-lakes.net
[mailto:owner-enviro-mich@great-lakes.net] On Behalf Of Rita Jack "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. *********************************************** 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." ---
SNIP --- ~Rita Jack ><><><><><>><><><><> Rita Jack Water Sentinels Project Sierra Club Michigan Chapter 109 E. Grand River Ave. Lansing, Michigan 48906 tel: 517-484-2372 x12 www.sierraclub.org/watersentinels Know your
watershed! Make all
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