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Sunken barges off Lummi Island recovered, turned to scrap metal

Published: September 27, 2012

Crane operator Evan Parberry leans out to check the level of scrap iron that he's loaded into a trailer at The Landings at Colony Wharf Thursday morning, Sept. 27, 2012. An estimated 150 to 200 tons of scrap metal was created when two sunken barges were cut into pieces in a cove off Lummi Rock quarry on Lummi Island. Removal of the two sunken barges from caused multiple oil and diesel spills, first in March and then again in August and September, after the project was postponed to protect migrating salmon. One of the largest spills occurred Monday, Sept. 3, when at least five gallons of diesel leaked from one of the barges and spread to the shore, the state Department of Ecology said. The state continues its investigation of the causes and extent of the spills.

RUSS KENDALL — BELLINGHAM HERALD

THE BELLINGHAM HERALD

Two sunken barges off a Lummi Island rock quarry are now scrap metal after they were recovered this week and hauled to The Landings at Colony Wharf Thursday morning, Sept. 27, 2012.

An estimated 150 to 200 tons of scrap metal was created when two sunken barges were cut into pieces in a cove off Lummi Rock quarry on Lummi Island.

Removal of the two sunken barges from caused multiple oil and diesel spills, first in March and then again in August and September, after the project was postponed to protect migrating salmon.

One of the largest spills occurred Monday, Sept. 3, when at least five gallons of diesel leaked from one of the barges and spread to the shore, the state Department of Ecology said.

The state continues its investigation of the causes and extent of the spills.

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