WHEN THE RIVER ALMOST BURNED!

  SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

WHEN THE RIVER ALMOST BURNED!

   The Federal Government has taken the

Butler Tunnel off of the Superfund Site

List! For those who might not remember

the tunnel made the headlines back in the

1970's when toxic wastes, illegally dumped

at an area truck stop, found their way into

underground mines that drained, through the

Butler tunnel, into the Susquehanna River.

As bad as it was, for years, it could haave

been a lot worse! A local reporter who saw

the oil floating on the river decided to see

if it would burn and tossed a match into the

water! Fortunately it didn't burn! If it had

a toxic spill would have been futher complicated

by a burning river. Now that the tunnel shows no

signs of draining any more toxic wastes it has

been removed from the Superfund list. The

river is a little cleaner and a lot safer! Hope you;re

well and that all your NEWS, like that from the

Susquehanna, is good!