NOVEMBER 5, 2015-- (from USCG news release) Crews continue to respond to and investigate a reported discharge of an unknown substance from the site of a sunken barge near Kelleys Island Shoal in Lake Erie Thursday.

The unified command, consisting of the U.S. Coast Guard and the Ohio EPA, continues to take all necessary actions to ensure the safety of the public and the environment. During dive operations Wednesday, a pinhole-sized leak was detected in one of the cargo tanks and was successfully secured by the dive team. As a precautionary measure, on-scene responders were taken to a local hospital for medical evaluation and have since been released. Surface operations were suspended to ensure safety of all responders and will resume when site safety coordinators determine it is safe for responders to return. Read full U.S. Coast Guard news release here. For further information on OR&R's response to this incident, contact Doug.Helton@noaa.gov. See full archival news article about the sinking of the Argo from 1937. See OR&R's original story on this incident, NOAA Involved After Barge Argo, the Lake Erie Shipwreck Lost in 1937, Resurfaces with Oily Leak in U.S. Waters, published October 28, 2015. Go back to OR&R Weekly Report.