LAKE MICHIGAN SPILL Initial reports substantially overestimated how much fuel leaked out

Aug. 11 — MANISTEE — Original estimates of the amount of diesel fuel that spilled into Lake Michigan Aug. 2 from a damaged cargo vessel were too high, the U.S. Coast Guard said Thursday. “There was nowhere near that 45,000 gallons,” Lt. Heather Stemmerman said. “It was substantially less.” The…Read More

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