| Breaking News: OVAL BEACH...NO SALT...NO OIL! |
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We borrowed the slogan, "OVAL BEACH....NO SALT....NO OIL" from our friends at the T-shirt shop in downtown Saugatuck to illustrate the good news that we have been assured that the upstream oil spill in Marshall, MI is being contained and will not reach our harbor or Lake Michigan. We received the following update from Scott Corbin Emergency Coordinator for Allegan County via Kirk Harrier, Saugatuck City Manager yesterday afternoon. I personally want to thank the EPA, the Corps of Engineers and our legislators Bob Genetski, Pete Hoekstra and Fred Upton plus Bill Huizenga for their lightening fast responses to the CVB's emails requesting help at the onset of this problem. 1.) The spill is currently contained at Marrow Dam in the Galesburg area. 2.) Federal and State clean-up officials involved in the spill stated to Mr. Corbin that everyone is ahead of the curve with regards to the spill. 3.) Skimmer boats have been deployed from New York and should be in the area by Wednesday. 4.) At this stage the spill is not anticipated to go past the Marrow Dam. 5.) If the spill were to go past the Marrow Dam, there are a number of other stop measures in place that would prevent the spill from reaching the Kalamazoo Harbor and Lake Michigan. The City of Plainwell already has diversionary remediation in place as they are working on PCB clean up. Other stop measures would be the City of Allegan Dam and the Consumers Energy Dam (Lake Allegan). |