[PRCo] Re: Steeler Stuff In Cleveland

[Herb Brannon]

On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 7:48 PM, Ken and Tracie
<ktjosephson at embarqmail.com>wrote:
> I've read reports that the poisonous muck is concealed under twenty five to
> thirty years of cleaner sediment. Any dredging exposes and stirs up the
> layers of poisonous sediments and it would kill surrounding marine life.
>
> K.
>
> Not true. Lake Erie is clean and clear again. Dredging goes on constantly
inside the sea wall to keep the harbor deep enough for all the ocean going
ships going in and out. Also the Cuyahoga River is open to ocean going ships
as far South as Clark Avenue and open to lake freighter ships as far South
as Harvard Avenue. This requires constant dredging. Enough "bottom material"
was probably removed in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s to remove the bad stuff. The
main industry along the river is steel (9 works) and aluminum (three works).
Arcelor-Mittal runs all 7 of its works at 100% capacity and does not pollute
as does Charter Steel with its 2 works running three shifts per day. Alcoa
Aluminum has three works (all running at 100% capacity) along the upper area
of the Cuyahoga and does not pollute. These factories are monitored by the
local and Federal governments. So for now at least everything is going good.
-- 
Herb Brannon
On America's North Coast