Most of oil spilled in Cuyahoga River removed.

[Dr.Phool]

Let's light her up again! Haven't seen a good river fire in over 30 years!

I used to work in this place, when the river DID catch on fire.

http://www.cleveland.com/newsflash/cleveland/index.ssf?/base/news-20/1129565042254811.xml&storylist=cleveland


Most of oil spilled in Cuyahoga River removed
10/17/2005, 11:59 a.m. ET
The Associated Press

CLEVELAND (AP) — The cleanup of a spill of 700 gallons to 1,000 gallons of heavy oil in the Cuyahoga River was substantially completed on Monday with state environmental officials saying the spill should not have any lasting effect on animals or the environment.

A faulty pump at a steel plant spilled the oil into the river just south of downtown on Sunday.

The leak occurred when workers apparently failed to replace a temporary plug on a retrofitted pump with a permanent steel plug, Mike Settles, an Ohio Environmental Protection Agency spokesman, said Monday.

About 85 percent to 90 percent of the spill was cleaned up by Monday morning and the rest of the oil was lodged in shoreline muck and will take longer to recover, Settles said.

Mittal Steel Co. workers discovered the leak about 4 a.m. in a pump that delivers oil from a tank to a blast furnace, company spokesman Dave Allen said. The pump was turned off, but not before oil spilled into the plant and river.

[sweepster]

1. There is a business up there called "Flaming River Products"

I always get a kick out of the name

[Dr.Phool]

2. A friend of mine used to play for "Burnt River"

A biker band from Cleveland.