Salvors use hot tapping to extract toxics from Lake Erie wreck

摘要

Wbrking against the dock, salvage contractors have completed recovery of toxic cargo from a long-lost tank barge that sank in Lake Erie during a storm in 1937. During the two-month operation, T&T Salvage extracted approximately 33,475 gallons of liquid using the "hot tapping" method. Approximately $5.2 million of the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund and $450,000 from the hazardous material superfund was utilized during the effort.