Homeland
Security
Current Nationwide
Threat Level
ELEVATED
Daily Open Source Infrastructure
Report for 30 September 2010
Significant Risk of Terrorist Attacks
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Top Stories
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According to the Florida Independent, federal authorities said a Pinellas County, Florida
businessman for years dealt in counterfeit computer chips that went to defense contractors
and the military, risking lives and endangering national security. (See item 11)
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Associated Press reports that European security officials said September 29 a terror plot to
wage Mumbai-style shooting sprees in Britain, France, and Germany is still active. The
plot wasl in its early stages and not considered serious enough to raise the current terror
threat level, officials said. Still, the Eiffel Tower in Paris was briefly evacuated September
28 for the second time in the past week because of an unspecified threat. (See item 44)
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Energy Sector
Current Electricity Sector Threat Alert Levels: Physical: ELEVATED,
Cyber: ELEVATED
Scale: LOW, GUARDED, ELEVATED, HIGH, SEVERE [Source: ISAC for the Electricity Sector (ES-ISAC) [http://www.esisac.com]
1. September 28, Homeland Security NewsWire – (National) DOE awards $30 million to
bolster smart grid cybersecurity. Speaking at the first GridWise Global Forum, the
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U.S. Energy Secretary last week announced the investment of more than $30 million
for 10 projects that will address cybersecurity issues facing the U.S. electric grid.
Together, the projects represent a significant investment in addressing cybersecurity
issues in the nation’s electric infrastructure. The Department of Energy’s selections
address cybersecurity concerns from two approaches: 1) research and development on
innovative cybersecurity solutions, and 2) the establishment of the National Electric
Sector Cybersecurity Organization. Innovative Cybersecurity Solutions — $20 million.
Source: http://homelandsecuritynewswire.com/doe-awards-30-million-bolster-smartgrid-cybersecurity
2. September 28, Connect Savannah – (Georgia) Failure to communicate. Southern
LNG’s plan to truck shipments of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from its facility on Elba
Island to customers in northern Georgia along a route that includes DeRenne Avenue in
Savannah has drawn serious criticism and concern locally. Savannah officials,
including the mayor and acting city manager, environmental groups, and a handful of
residents from neighborhoods adjacent to the shipping route have filed comments
opposing Southern LNG’s trucking program application with the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC) in the last several weeks, since the issue was brought
to the public’s attention. At issue is whether the tens of thousands of gallons of
hazardous materials in each truck should be sent in such close proximity to residential
neighborhoods and hospitals. Although there is little or no chance of an explosion
(LNG isn’t actually flammable until it vaporizes and mixes with oxygen), the material
could pose risks to the public were a catastrophe to occur. Southern LNG said the
industry’s safety record and the secure, double–hulled tanker trucks make a disaster
highly unlikely.
Source: http://www.connectsavannah.com/news/article/102863/
3. September 27, DarkReading – (International) Stuxnet attack exposes inherent
problems in power grid security. Power companies and organizations that run
supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) and process control systems face
challenges securing this traditionally proprietary technology. Many of these products
have been known to carry vulnerabilities for years, and typical security tools can not
drill down into this often-closed software, said the CSO for NetWitness, a founding
member of the Energy Sec interest group, where power companies swap threat
information. If they are hit with malware, there must be a way to catch it, he said. “A
lot of the industry unfortunately is still based on old-style serial interfaces” for
communication. The SCADA and power industry will have to follow what retail did
with its old POS systems when PCI hit and they needed security. “They suddenly had
to implement security ... and some of the interfaces were serial or other types of things
that complicated matters,” the CSO said. The director of critical infrastructure markets
for NitroSecurity agreed that access to PLCs is needed to secure them properly.
Source:
http://www.darkreading.com/insiderthreat/security/attacks/showArticle.jhtml?articleID
=227500817
For more stories, see items 6, 31, and 52
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Chemical Industry Sector
4. September 28, Detroit News – (Michigan) Chemical release contained at Shelby
Township plant. A chemical cloud that was released early September 28 at EM
Coating Services, a metal coating company in the 23 Mile and Hayes area of Shelby
Township, Michigan, does not pose any threat to nearby residents, fire department
officials said. “It was a small chemical release contained within the building, and the
facility’s air filtration system handled it and enabled it to dissipate safely into the air,” a
lieutenant with the Shelby Township Fire Department said. Firefighters were called to
respond to the chemical cloud at 8:30 a.m. Workers were temporarily evacuated,
officials said.
Source:
http://www.detnews.com/article/20100928/METRO03/9280396/1361/Chemicalrelease-contained-at-Shelby-Township-plant
5. September 28, KSFN 30 Fresno – (California) Leaking carbon dioxide tank prompts
Hazmat response. A leaking tank of carbon dioxide that closed traffic September 28
on Barstow between Chestnut and Willow in Fresno, California, has been capped.
Traffic on Barstow is now flowing through the area. The leak prompted a haz-mat
response from the Fresno Fire Department. Authorities said the leaking container was a
14-ton liquid carbon dioxide cylinder. The leak was plugged early September 28. No
one was injured, but police closed surrounding streets as a precaution.
Source: http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/local&id=7692592
For another story, see item 22
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Nuclear Reactors, Materials and Waste Sector
6. September 29, Bloomberg – (Virginia) U.S. nuclear output falls 1.3% after North
Anna shut. U.S. nuclear production fell 1.3 percent after Dominion Resources Inc. shut
its North Anna 2 reactor in Mineral, Virginia for maintenance, according to the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC). Production from the 104 U.S. nuclear plants decreased
by 1,213 megawatts from September 28 to 93,801 megawatts, according to the
September 29 report from the commission and data compiled by Bloomberg. There are
seven plants offline. The 973-megawatt North Anna 2 reactor was taken offline to
replace insulation in the containment structure, said a company spokesman. “We expect
the unit to return to service soon,” he said.
Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-29/u-s-nuclear-output-falls-1-3percent-after-north-anna-2-shuts.html
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7. September 29, Wall Street Journal – (National) Crystal River nuclear unit outage
delayed. The 838-megawatt (MW) Unit 1 of the Crystal River Nuclear Station in
Crystal River, Florida, which is owned by Progress Energy Incorporated, has remained
offline for repairs since the unit stopped operating in fall 2009. Officials confirmed that
the unit will not be ready to return online for another 3 months.
Source: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/crystal-river-nuclear-unit-outage-delayedan-industrial-info-news-alert-2010-09-29?reflink=MW_news_stmp
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Critical Manufacturing Sector
8. September 28, Knoxville News Sentinel – (Tennessee) S. Knoxville smelting site to get
Superfund cleanup. The site of an old aluminum smelting operation in Knoxville,
Tennessee has been added to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA)
National Priorities List for cleanup under the federal Superfund program. The decision
clears the way for the EPA to move ahead with the second phase of cleanup of the
former Smokey Mountain Smelters property on Maryville Pike in Vestal. The 29-acre
property was the site of the smelting operation from 1979 to 1994. Before that, an
agriculture chemical manufacturing operation had been located on the site since 1922.
Superfund is the federal program that investigates and cleans up the most complex,
uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites in the country. The Tennessee
Department of Environment and Conservation recommended the site for inclusion on
the Superfund list because tests show that soil and groundwater on the property have
been contaminated by hazardous substances that are still on the site in two uncontrolled
waste piles. The first phase of the cleanup began several months ago and involves the
removal of 2,700 cubic yards of aluminum dross, a waste by-product, and a large
processing building that has collapsed. Removal of the dross and the building is
projected to cost up to $3 million, all in federal funds.
Source: http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/sep/28/s-knoxville-smelting-site-to-getsuperfund/
For another story, see item 17
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Defense Industrial Base Sector
9. September 29, National Nuclear Security Administration – (Texas) Pantex begins
disassembly of a W84 warhead. The National Nuclear Security Administration
(NNSA) September 29 announced it has completed disassembly and inspection of the
first W84 at NNSA’s Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas. This marks the beginning of the
disassembly and inspection process for the W84, a thermonuclear warhead that entered
the stockpile in 1983. The process will confirm the system, which has not been
disassembled since 1998, has not experienced safety-related aging issues. The project
team consisting of members from NNSA, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
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Sandia National Laboratories in California and Pantex worked together for 24 months
and completed the project ahead of schedule. “Disassembly and inspection of this
system allows us to look at its components to find out how the weapon has aged,” said
NNSA’s Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs. “This analysis helps us maintain
a safe, secure and effective stockpile without the need for nuclear testing. The scientific
and technical knowledge we gain when we disassemble a weapon is invaluable as we
look across all of our systems.”
Source:
http://www.yourindustrynews.com/pantex+begins+disassembly+of+a+w84+warhead_5
4644.html
10. September 29, Aviation Week – (National) JAGM duel looms following mixed demo
results. The next significant air-launched weapons battle is about to heat up with the
U.S. Army’s forthcoming solicitation for a single Hellfire, Javelin and TOW missile
replacement called the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM). During the JAGM
technology demonstration phase, both teams were required to conduct three tests, each
designed to prominently feature the capabilities of a single mode of the tri-mode seeker
required. The three modes are the semi-active laser (SAL), imaging infrared (I2R) and
millimeter wave (MMW) radar, and the tests were conducted in that order. The
Raytheon/Boeing weapon, which did not include a new solid-rocket propelled motor
under development for the JAGM requirement, scored all three hits. Lockheed Martin’s
entry had the motor, but scored one of three hits. A bracket that holds the motor onto
the weapon prevented the seeker from detecting the target during flight, a spokesman
said. A fix was validated in the third flight, which took place September 10. The cause
of a miss in the third shot is still under investigation. At a minimum, a retest of the
MMW radar flight will be conducted and paid for by Lockheed Martin; another
demonstration of the I2R could follow.
Source:
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=defense&id=new
s/asd/2010/09/28/05.xml&headline=JAGM Duel Looms Following Mixed Demo
Results
11. September 24, Florida Independent – (Florida; National) Defense contractor confirms
indicted Florida businessman sold counterfeit computer chips. Federal authorities
said a Pinellas County, Florida businessman for years dealt in counterfeit computer
chips, risking the lives of military personnel and potentially endangering national
security. Authorities said his dealings in counterfeit “military grade” integrated circuits,
or ICs, made him rich, but one alleged victim — a major defense contractor
specializing in missile technology — said the company purchased chips that turned out
to be fake from a supplier, who bought them from the businessman. “We quickly
determined upon failure-testing they were counterfeit and contacted the FBI,” said a
spokesman for Raytheon, a major defense and aerospace systems supplier. The week of
September 13, federal authorities descended on the businessman’s Clearwater
electronics dealership, VisionTech Components, after a Washington D.C. grand jury
came back with indictments for him and his office manager accusing them of mail
fraud and trafficking in counterfeit goods. U.S. Attorney’s Office officials said his
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company made 31 separate sales of 59,540 counterfeit integrated circuits imported
from China and Hong Kong for $425,293 to various companies, including ones with
contracts with the U.S. Navy.
Source: http://floridaindependent.com/8706/defense-contractor-confirms-indictedflorida-businessman-sold-counterfeit-computer-chips
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Banking and Finance Sector
12. September 29, BBC News – (International) European cities hit by anti-austerity
protests. Tens of thousands of people from around Europe have marched across
Brussels, Belgium in a protest against spending cuts by some EU governments. Spain
has held a general strike, with protesters in Barcelona clashing with police and torching
a police car. Other protests against austerity measures have been held in Greece, Italy,
the Irish Republic, and Latvia. Trade unions said EU workers may become the biggest
victims of a financial crisis set off by bankers and traders. Police sealed off the EU
headquarters and barricaded banks and shops ahead of the protest in Brussels. Tens of
thousands of demonstrators, many carrying large red and green balloons and banners,
headed towards EU institution buildings in the Belgian capital. In the Irish Republic, a
man drove a cement mixer covered with anti-bank slogans into the gates of the
parliament in Dublin, in an apparent protest at the country’s expensive bank bail-out.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11432579
13. September 29, Wall Street Journal – (International) U.K. arrests 19 for major bank
hack. Police arrested 19 people in London as part of an investigation into an
international cybercrime gang that authorities believe stole at least $9.5 million from
accounts held at major U.K. banks, including HSBC Holdings PLC and Royal Bank of
Scotland Group PLC. In dawn raids September 28, officers arrested the 15 men and 4
women on suspicion of computer-related crimes, according to London’s Metropolitan
police service, known as Scotland Yard. A police spokesman said they are not believed
to be British citizens, but declined to specify their nationalities. Police suspect the
group of having targeted thousands of computers belonging to U.K. banking customers
by infecting them with a computer code called Zeus, which has become widely used by
criminals world-wide. The code allowed the fraudsters to capture personal log-in
details by enabling them to trick people who bank online into entering their details into
fake Web pages that mimic those of their banks. Police believe the group then used the
information to gain unauthorized access to the bank accounts and transfer funds to
“mule” or “drop” accounts controlled by the criminal network.
Source:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704116004575521300419639946.htm
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14. September 27, Digital Transactions News – (National) Debit card fraud strikes Aldi
grocery-store customers. A rash of debit card fraud has hit customers of the discount
supermarket chain Aldi. Criminals obtained customers’ PINs and card numbers in the
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Midwest to make unauthorized ATM withdrawals in other states, especially California.
Batavia, Illinois-based Aldi’s case is different from most retail card fraud because the
chain, owned by Germany-based Aldi Sud, accepts only cash and PIN-debit cards,
including public-benefits cards, though it has tested credit cards. Aldi said the fraud is
the result of “tampering” with debit card terminals. That suggests fraudsters placed
skimmers on point-of-sale terminals to capture card data, though the company refuses
to provide details. Last weekend, more press reports emerged about fraud involving
Aldi shoppers in the Chicago suburb of St. Charles and in Kane County, Illinois. The
U.S. Secret Service is involved in the probe, according to the Daily Herald.
Source: http://www.digitaltransactions.net/newsstory.cfm?newsid=2650
15. September 27, Reuters – (National) U.S. Mint says has run out on Buffalo gold
coins. The U.S. Mint has run out of a type of highly pure gold coin it had been selling
amid record high prices of gold. The mint said it will not stock more of the 1-ounce,
24-karat American Buffalo bullion coins. “The United States Mint has depleted its
inventory of 2010 American Buffalo One Ounce Gold Bullion Coins,” the Mint said in
a statement, seen by Reuters September 27. Gold prices have hit record highs over the
last 2 weeks, breaching $1,300 per ounce, as investors bought into the precious metal
on global economic health worries and possibilities of more U.S. stimulus programs
that could weaken the U.S. dollar.
Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE68Q5QA20100927
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Transportation Sector
16. September 28, Associated Press – (Wisconsin) Plane makes emergency landing in
Milwaukee. A Skywest Airlines plane had to make an emergency landing in
Milwaukee September 28 due to a landing gear problem. A General Mitchell
International Airport spokeswoman said the crew had notified the airport about 10
minutes before landing that only two of the three sets of landing gear would lower. She
said the plane landed without one set of gear at about 5:10 p.m. September 28. She said
no one was hurt, but rescue personnel were ready just in case. A Skywest statement
indicated that all 36 passengers and 3 crew members deplaned safely.
Source: http://www.channel3000.com/news/25200775/detail.html
17. September 28, Associated Press – (New York) Landing gear questions arise after
JFK incident. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) records show that aircraft from
the same company that made the jetliner involved in an emergency landing at John F.
Kennedy International Airport in Long Island, New York have experienced at least
three other landing gear episodes in the past 2 years. None of the prior incidents
resulted in injury to passengers or crew and the flights all landed safely. A Bombardier
Inc. spokesman contends there is no issue with the safety of the aircraft it produces,
noting the planes are used by more than 60 airlines worldwide. The cause of the
September 25 emergency landing is under investigation.
Source: http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=13232236
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18. September 28, Aviation News – (National) FAA approves full deployment of ADS-B
system. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced that it has approved
“full-scale, nationwide deployment” of the satellite-based surveillance Automatic
Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) system following its successful roll-out at
four sites. The commissioning of the system means that air traffic controllers now are
able to use the technology to separate aircraft in areas with ADS-B coverage, the
agency said. Controller screens in those areas will display aircraft tracked by radar, as
well as aircraft equipped with ADS-B avionics, which broadcast their positions.
Nationwide ADS-B coverage will be complete in 2013. Every part of the country now
covered by radar will have ADS-B coverage. More than 300 of the approximate 800
ADS-B ground stations that will comprise the entire network already have been
installed, FAA said. By 2020, aircraft flying in controlled airspace in the United States
must be equipped with ADS-B avionics that broadcast their position.
Source: http://www.aviationnews.net/?do=headline&news_ID=183929
19. September 28, Southwest Riverside News Network – (California) Man sentenced for
shooting BB gun at cars on Riverside freeway. A 20-year-old probationer who fired
his BB gun at cars on the Highway 91 in Riverside, California, damaging the vehicles’
windows, was sentenced September 28 to 3 years, 8 months in state prison. The man
pleaded guilty 1 week ago to assault with a deadly weapon and felony vandalism in
connection with the Labor Day incidents. According to the California Highway Patrol,
the man targeted two motorists traveling on the Riverside Freeway in the area of Van
Buren Boulevard and Madison Street on the afternoon of September 6. The rear
window on one vehicle was damaged, and the right rear window of another was
cracked.
Source: http://www.swrnn.com/southwest-riverside/2010-09-28/news/man-sentenedfor-shooting-bb-gun-at-cars-on-riverside-freeway
20. September 28, Portland Forecaster – (Maine) Maine state pier needs repair after
cruise ship visit to Portland. A large cruise ship that came into Portland, Maine ahead
of schedule this month to wait out Hurricane Earl caused damage to floats at the Maine
State Pier. The damage was minimal and has been repaired. Explorer of the Seas
arrived in Portland September 3, 1 day ahead of schedule, to escape possibly rough seas
caused by Hurricane Earl. The ship was on a 9-day cruise from Cape Liberty, New
Jersey. When the 138,000-ton ship was docking at the pier, its thrusters damaged the
tender floats. The floats are used to ferry people on and off small excursion boats.
There was no damage to the pier structure.
Source: http://www.theforecaster.net/content/p-cruiseshipdamage-092910
For more stories, see items 2 and 5
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Postal and Shipping Sector
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21. September 28, WBRC 6 Birmingham – (Alabama) Suspicious package reported in
Homewood. Homewood, Alabama Fire and Rescue reported with the HAZMAT unit
to the Alabama Republican Party’s office in Homewood after dispatch received a call
about a suspicious package. There was a white substance in the package, but it has not
been identified. The contents will be mailed to a state lab in Montgomery for analysis.
The occupants of the building, including rescue personnel, underwent decontamination.
The Alabama Bureau of Investigation, Homewood Police, and FBI are involved in the
investigation.
Source: http://www.myfoxal.com/Global/story.asp?S=13233718
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Agriculture and Food Sector
22. September 29, Associated Press – (Pennsylvania) Ammonia leak contained at
western Pa. warehouse. An ammonia leak has been contained and cleaned up at a
refrigerated food warehouse in southwestern Pennsylvania, near Interstate 70. A
spokesman for the SuperValu supermarket chain, said the leak was reported about 6:30
a.m. September 29 at its perishable food warehouse in New Stanton. A few workers in
the building were evacuated while a shift about to arrive was kept out until emergency
workers gave the all clear about 3 hours later. The leak happened when a valve on the
company’s roof malfunctioned. That’s been fixed. Ammonia is pumped into the
building as part of its refrigeration process. Nobody was hurt. The liquid leaked in a 4
foot area, but the substance expands when it comes into contact with air.
Source:
http://hosted2.ap.org/PAGRE/349a845fcb7340bbb6a4b27922c85120/Article_2010-0929-Warehouse Ammonia Leak/id-bd8464dd2df54d49b8fa19ef441cf3af
23. September 28, Baltimore Sun – (National) Bay crab harvest offsets problems from
Gulf oil spill. The oil rig blowout in the Gulf of Mexico may have pinched the supply
of big Louisiana blue crabs that some Maryland restaurants rely upon, but there has
apparently been no shortage of crustaceans as the Chesapeake Bay has produced its
best harvest in years. But demand has not kept up, and some seafood wholesalers have
dropped the prices paid to watermen to as low as $12 per bushel for female crabs. Crab
houses and seafood restaurants have come to depend upon the Gulf for their supply.
Bay crabs normally do not show up in significant numbers until summer, and until
recently, the Chesapeake fishery had fallen on hard times, with harvests sliding to a
record low in 2007 of 43.5 million pounds (or about 1.1 million bushels). The Gulf, by
contrast, and in particular Louisiana, is a major source of shrimp, oysters and crabs,
supplying nearly one-fifth of all fish and shellfish caught in the United States last year.
Source: http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/green/bs-gr-crabs20100927,0,7912532.story
24. September 27, Iowa Ag Connection – (Kansas; Nebraska; Iowa) Cattle producers
urged to watch for Anaplasmosis. A seasonal spike in the deadly cattle disease
Anaplasmosis has been reported in Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa, and a Kansas State
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University (KSU) veterinarian is encouraging producers to be vigilant in monitoring
cattle. “It occurs almost exclusively in adult cattle,” a KSU Research and Extension
veterinarian said. “The most frequent observation is sudden death, even though it
actually takes a few days from the time signs first appear until death occurs.” Early
symptoms include white skin that appears yellow and whites of the eyes that will also
appear yellow, he said, and dairy cows will drop in lactation. “Treatment with a longacting oxytetracycline (LA-200 type products) will usually stop further death losses
within a week following treatment,” he added. “However, producers should be careful
as the simple exertion caused by driving cattle to or working them through the chute
may be enough to kill more severely affected ones. Most producers who have been
feeding chlortetracycline this summer (CTC or Aureomycin) will not have the problem.
CTC feeding should continue until the end of fly season.”
Source: http://wisconsinagconnection.com/story-regional.php?tble=IA2010&ID=952
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Water Sector
25. September 28, Associated Press – (Minnesota) 2 dozen communities divert
sewage. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency said it does not expect any long-term
harm from two dozen communities dumping untreated sewage into area rivers. Twentyfour southeastern Minnesota municipalities bypassed wastewater treatment plants that
were overwhelmed by last week’s floods and diverted the sewage into the waterways.
An agency spokeswoman said the only other option would be allowing sewage to back
up into homes. She said the untreated sewage sent into the rivers is diluted by
stormwater. The Faribault Daily News said Faribault is one of the communities
bypassing its wastewater treatment plant. Local leaders hope treatment plant operations
will resume by September 30.
Source: http://www.wkbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=13228979
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Public Health and Healthcare Sector
26. September 29, NewsInferno.com – (National) Probe of medical scanner approvals
reopened by FDA. U.S. health regulators are taking another look at approvals for CT
scanners, MRI machines and other medical devices that use radiation to detect or treat
diseases. Such devices carry a higher risk from radiation than older scans such as Xrays. In 2008 and 2009, whistleblowers — all Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
scientists — wrote letters to Congress and the Presidential administration, claiming
they were pressured by agency managers to approve high-tech medical scanners that
could pose harm to patients. Since the scientists went public, at least two scientists have
been fired and another has quit after intimidation, the Associated Press reported. The
scientists argue officials dismissed their charges without investigation, and that the
FDA tried to dissuade Congress from looking into their allegations. The Deputy
Inspector General for investigations for Health and Human Services told the Associated
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Press in a recent interview that the investigation has been reopened to look into
possible manager misconduct.
Source: http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/24420
27. September 29, Arizona Daily Sun – (Arizona) Chemical spill at Fourth Street clinic
leads to evacuation. Patients and staff at North Country Community HealthCare in
Flagstaff, Arizona evacuated the building September 27 after a chemical spill.
According to information from the Flagstaff Fire Department, six units from the fire
department, a total of 17 firefighters, responded to the clinic on North Fourth Street at
about 3 p.m. on a report of a chemical spill of phenol. Phenol, when it turns to a vapor,
is toxic and can cause extreme cases of injury and death, according to the fire
department. Thr chief medical officer at the clinic said the building was evacuated once
the spill was reported. Hazardous-materials crews in protective gear went into the
building, isolated the spill and ventilated the building.
Source: http://www.azdailysun.com/news/local/article_0a868e2a-28d2-54c2-b0cab30214cd7f0b.html
28. September 28, Associated Press – (National) Swine flu no longer a major threat to
USA. Swine flu no longer represents a major threat to the U.S. population, because
most people are immune to the virus that caused last season’s pandemic, health
officials reported September 28. Of the 310 million people in the United States, 59
percent are now believed to be immune to pandemic H1N1 flu, the researchers said.
Approximately 62 million people were vaccinated against the virus, 61 million people
were infected by it, and another 60 million people 57 or older carry protective
antibodies against similar viruses that date back to previous pandemics. “It’s very
unlikely that the virus will explode in the fall,” said the director of the National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), an author of the analysis. “We
now have evidence of that.” The evidence comes from studies on the 2009-2010
pandemic carried out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If this virus
follows the pattern set by earlier flu bugs, it will either die out completely or continue
to circulate in the ever-shrinking pool of people still susceptible to it, the authors
reported in the journal mBio.
Source: http://www.usatoday.com/yourlife/health/medical/coldflu/2010-09-29flufate29_ST_N.htm
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Government Facilities Sector
29. September 28, Associated Press – (Idaho) INL workers exposed to low levels of
radiation. About 20 workers at a federal clean-up project in eastern Idaho were
exposed to radioactive waste last February after a plywood box broke open, but site
managers said the doses were below acceptable levels. Bechtel BWXT Idaho, which is
overseeing the multi-billion dollar cleanup of waste stored for decades at the Idaho
National Laboratory in Idaho Falls, confirmed the incident this week. The Idaho Falls
Post-Register reported the highest dose received by a worker was 130 millirem, less
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than half the average yearly dose that Americans receive from background radiation.
Still, since the incident, Bechtel has halted efforts to retrieve stored waste, on concern
about the structural integrity of the containers. It is working on alternatives to handling
them safely.
Source: http://www.nwcn.com/news/idaho/IFL-workers-exposed-to-low-levels-ofradiation--103954614.html
30. September 27, KIFI 8 Idaho Falls – (Idaho) Bomb threat protocol concerns
parents. Bonneville School District 93 is investigating a bomb threat received just after
10 a.m. September 24 at Rocky Mountain Middle School in Idaho Falls, Idaho.
Although students are safe and back in school September 27, parents are still concerned
about how the threat was handled. According to the health and safety coordinator, the
district sees approximately one to two threats per year; but none of them has become
violent. Within 1 hour and 20 minutes after a student alerted administration about the
threat, the school was in lockdown and a bomb dog had searched the building, finding
it empty and safe. The health and safety coordinator said students were quite upset, but
they have not seen a drop in attendance so far this week, just parents who want to know
why the school was not evacuated.
Source: http://www.localnews8.com/news/25181788/detail.html
31. September 24, WALA 10 Mobile – (Alabama) Gulf Coast copper thefts may be
linked. A man suspected of stealing copper from Fort Whiting in Mobile, Alabama
may also be tied to thefts at Alabama Power and the University of South Alabama.
Mobile police said their investigation began with a call from Fort Whiting August 30.
Someone had stolen 2,500 feet of copper welding cable worth $3,000. No suspects
were identified or arrested for the theft. Almost 1 month later, Fort Whiting called
police again. On September 20, aluminum poles worth $4,500 were stolen. Mobile
police identified the suspect in the September 20 theft. Investigators also checked
scrapyards and found the same suspect had sold the welding cable stolen August 30. He
was also believed to have stolen copper wire from Alabama Power. Police also learned
the University of South Alabama was investigating the same suspect for stealing
property from its Brookley campus. The FBI is also involved in the investigation,
because Fort Whiting is federal property. The suspect is currently being held at the
Mobile County Metro Jail on three counts of theft of property first degree.
Source: http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/local_news/mobile_county/fbi-involved-incopper-theft-investigation
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Emergency Services Sector
32. September 29, KPTV 12 Portland – (Oregon) Tsunami evacuation drill to be held on
coast. Coastal communities in Oregon were slated to take part in one of the largest
tsunami drills in state history September 29. The tsunami evacuation drill was
scheduled to start at 11 a.m. in Waldport, Yachats, and Seal Rock, officials said.
Oregon Emergency Management and the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral
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Industries are organizing the drill. They said it will be an opportunity for residents,
neighbors and visitors to practice what to do in the event of a tsunami. When the
voluntary drill begins, tsunami sirens will sound. Participants should then walk their
evacuation route and take note of the time they left. Volunteers will be posted around
the area to help guide people along their routes. Participants will also note the time it
takes to get to a safe zone.
Source: http://www.kptv.com/news/25198943/detail.html
33. September 28, Southern California Public Radio – (California) Suspicious envelope
prompts evacuation of LAPD station; substance determined harmless. An
envelope containing white powder prompted a hazardous-materials response at the Los
Angeles Police Department’s Rampart Station in Los Angeles, California September
28, but the substance turned out to be harmless. The scare was reported shortly before 1
p.m., with about 10 people believed to have been exposed. Police initially had little to
say about the scare, which came in the wake of demonstrations over the officerinvolved shooting death of a Guatemalan day laborer, but did send an LAPD
spokeswoman to the station at 1401 Sixth St. An LAPD spokersperson said it was not
known whether the envelope was mailed to the station. A police sergent later confirmed
the substance was talcum powder. She said the station was evacuated, but the whole
incident was over in about 1 hour. The envelope was addressed to the secretary, the
sergeant said, adding nothing about the envelope was menacing.
Source: http://www.scpr.org/news/2010/09/28/suspicious-envelope-promptsevacuation-lapd-statio/
34. September 28, The Associated Press – (International) Gunmen steal weapons from
police complex in Mexico. Gunmen broke into a police complex in northern Mexico
September 27 and stole at least 40 automatic rifles and 23 handguns, authorities said. A
Chihuahua state police spokesman said the assailants subdued several officers guarding
the state police offices in Chihuahua city and forced them to show the way to the
armory. The 10 officers who were in the building at the time are being questioned. He
said it is not clear whether the assailants are members of a drug cartel.
Source:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gMi5B2USfJStXxfqgWWr2xj
RYpOgD9IGFFUG2?docId=D9IGFFUG2
35. September 27, Federal Computer Week – (National) FBI agents cheated on
computerized exam, IG says. The FBI director said today the bureau may discipline at
least 22 FBI agents who were found to have cheated on a computerized “Virtual
Academy” exam in an investigation by the FBI’s Office of Inspector General (IG). The
IG reviewed actions by FBI agents and supervisors in four field offices and determined
that a significant number of the employees used answer sheets, consulted with others,
exploited a software programming flaw, or engaged in other actions that compromised
the integrity of the Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide (DIOG) test, the IG
said in a report. “A significant number of the FBI employees we interviewed cheated
on the test and did not comply with the test conditions,” the report said. “When
allegations of misconduct relating to the DIOG testing first came to our attention, we
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moved quickly to investigate, bringing in the Office of Inspector General, “ the FBI
director said. “In cases where misconduct has been determined, personnel actions were
taken, and that process continues. We will follow-up in each of the 22 cases the IG has
found for disciplinary action.”
Source: http://fcw.com/articles/2010/09/27/fbi-agents-cheated-computerized-exam-igreport.aspx
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Information Technology Sector
36. September 29, Networld World – (International) Many Android apps leak user
privacy data. A recent test of prototype security code for Android phones found that
15 of 30 free Android Market applications sent users’ private information to remote
advertising servers, without the users being aware of what was being sent or to whom.
In some cases, the user’s location data was sent as often as every 30 seconds. The
software, called TaintDroid, was designed to uncover how user-permitted applications
actually access and use private or sensitive data, including location, phone numbers,
and even SIM card identifiers, and to notify users within seconds. The findings suggest
that Android, and other phone operating systems, need to do more to monitor what
third-party applications are doing under the covers of smartphones. TaintDroid is a
joint effort by researchers at Duke University, Intel Labs, and Penn State University.
The team’s paper, “TaintDroid: An Information-Flow Tracking System for Realtime
Privacy Monitoring on Smartphones” will be presented in October at the USENIX
Symposium on Operating Systems Design and Implementation.
Source: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/092910-android-privacy.html
37. September 28, The Register – (International) Researchers up evilness ante with GPUassisted malware. Computer scientists have developed proof-of-concept malware that
evades traditional security defenses by running on a PC’s graphics processor. The
prototype taps a PC’s GPU to decrypt, or “unpack,” a malicious payload from a file just
prior to being run on a targeted machine. “Implementing the self-unpacking
functionality of a malware binary using GPU code can pose significant obstacles to
current malware detection and analysis systems,” the scientists wrote in a research
paper scheduled to be presented next month at the IEEE’s International Conference on
Malicious and Unwanted Software. “A malware author can take advantage of the
computational power of modern graphics processors and pack the malware with
extremely complex encryption schemes that ... can be efficiently computed due to the
massively parallel architecture of GPUs.” The prototype was designed to run on GPUs
compatible with Nvidia’s Computer Unified Device Architecture. It would not be hard
for attackers to include another framework in the same malicious binary that supports
GPUs made by AMD. The paper was written by scientists from The Foundation for
Research and Technology in Greece, and Columbia University.
Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/28/gpu_assisted_malware/
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38. September 28, DarkReading – (International) You’re always just two clicks away
from malware. A new study has found that users visiting the top 1,000 Web sites are
typically no more than two clicks away from malicious content. Websense discovered
three main paths to malware: Aside from the top Web sites, there are poisoned search
results and malicious links. Among the top 1,000 sites typically at least two mouse
clicks away from malware are 72 percent of the top news and media sites; 71 percent of
the top message boards and forums; and more than half of all social networking sites,
according to the study. “This suggests a high degree of correlation between the most
highly visited websites and malware,” said the senior security research director for
Websense.
Source:
http://www.darkreading.com/insiderthreat/security/client/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=
227500863&subSection=End+user/client+security
39. September 27, Softpedia – (International) XSS worm hits Orkut. A cross-site scripting
vulnerability was exploited September 25 on Orkut to launch a fast-spreading worm
that auto-posted a rogue message reading “Bom Sabado” on people’s scrapbooks.
“Bom Sabado” means “Good Saturday” in Portuguese, which led some people to
assume that the worm originated in Brazil, where Orkut has a significantly large user
base. The messages, which has rogue JavaScript code embedded into them, forced
logged in users to repost them on their friends’ scrapbooks (the equivalent of “Walls”
on Facebook). The attack was extremely viral and affected almost 10 percent of all
Orkut users, 70 percent of whom are from India or Brazil. The social network has over
52 million users. Google fixed the underlying vulnerability in a matter of hours.
According to some reports, the worm also automatically subscribed victims to a group.
However, News Live quotes a Google spokesperson who said the attack was not
malicious.
Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/XSS-Worm-Hits-Orkut-158198.shtml
40. September 27, DarkReading – (International) Security is chief inhibitor to Web 2.0
implementation, study finds. About half of businesses are concerned about the
security of Web 2.0 applications, according to a survey of more than 1,000 business
decision-makers in 17 countries. The survey was commissioned by McAfee and
authored by faculty affiliated with the Center for Education and Research in
Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS) at Purdue University. About 60 percent
of respondents are also concerned about the loss of reputation that might occur through
the misuse of Web 2.0 applications, which include such technologies as social media,
microblogging, collaborative platforms, Web mail, and content sharing tools. Brazil,
Spain, and India lead in adoption of Web 2.0 technology for business, while adoption
was lowest in Canada, Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom, said the
report, which was published September 27.
Source:
http://www.darkreading.com/security/vulnerabilities/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=2275
00804&subSection=Vulnerabilities+and+threats
For another story, see item 3
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Communications Sector
41. September 29, Petoskey News-Review – (Michigan) AT&T service disruption due to
system upgrade. AT&T Customers around the Petoskey, Michigan, area have been
experiencing a disruption in their mobile service since September 27 because of
complications with the system upgrade to a 3G network. “There is a tower down in the
area because of the change over to the 3G network. Our local engineers have been
having trouble with the upgrades, so there are engineers here from down state to help
fix the problem,” Petoskey’s AT&T manager said. The disruption will only be
temporary, but the changes will provide customers in the area with faster Internet from
their mobile phones.
Source: http://www.petoskeynews.com/business/pnr-business-att092910,0,6800842.story
42. September 28, Computerworld – (International) CDW survey: 25% of customers
reported network outage in last year. In a business continuity survey of 7,000 CDW
customers, 1,794, or about 25 percent, reported experiencing a network disruption of 4
hours or more within the last year. CDW then conducted a second poll of 200 IT
decision-maker customers who had experienced significant network outages since July
2009 and found that half said power loss was the top cause of the problem. Hardware
failures were cited by 29 percent of the respondents and lost telecommunications were
named by 21 percent. CDW polled customers for its Business Continuity Straw Poll,
which looks at how businesses dealt with disruptions and the measures they are taking
to improve business continuity and disaster recovery capabilities. The survey results
also showed: 51 percent experienced problems connecting to their IT network from
other locations; 50 percent had problems connecting from inside their business
locations; and 46 percent said employees could not access the necessary company
resources to do their jobs during an outage.
Source:
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9188418/CDW_survey_25_of_customers_rep
orted_network_outage_in_last_year
43. September 28, WNCN 17 Raleigh – (North Carolina) 3,000 CenturyLink customers
lose communication services. A total of 3,000 CenturyLink customers in Wake Forest,
North Carolina, were without phone service after a construction crew damaged a fiber
optic cable September 28. A spokesperson for CenturyLink said the third party
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construction crew damaged the cable on Jones Dairy Road, around 10:30 a.m. All
communication services, including phone and DSL service, were not operating until
service was restored around 2 p.m. The Cumberland County Mental Health Center and
the Child Support Department in Fayetteville are also experiencing an outage with
CenturyLink services.
Source: http://wake.mync.com/site/wake/news/story/55668/3000-centurylinkcustomers-lose-communication-services
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Commercial Facilities Sector
44. September 29, Associated Press – (International) Europe terror threat still
active. European security officials said September 29 a terror plot to wage Mumbai,
India-style shooting sprees in Britain, France, and Germany is still active and that sites
in Pakistan — where the threat was intercepted 2 weeks ago — are being scoured for
al-Qaeda operatives. The plot was still in its early stages and not considered serious
enough to raise the current terror threat level, officials said. Still, the Eiffel Tower in
Paris, France was briefly evacuated September 28 for the second time in the past week
because of an unspecified threat, and police were on alert in Britain and France. “This
plot was in its embryonic stages,” a British government official told the Associated
Press September 29. “This one has preoccupied us more than others in the past few
weeks — and it is still active — but it has not raised enough alarms to change our
security threat level.” The announcement of the plot came ahead of the September 30
anniversary of the Prophet Muhammad cartoons being published in a Danish
newspaper. It also came as Spanish authorities announced they had arrested September
28 a U.S. citizen of Algerian origin on suspicion of financing al-Qaeda’s North African
affiliate.
Source:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5glNGJLYipcY1gxBiWju9qrOz
4ZbwD9IHKES80?docId=D9IHKES80
45. September 29, WTOP 103.5 FM Washington D.C. – (District of Columbia) One person
dies in D.C. apartment fire. On September 28, a fire in a Northwest District of
Columbia high-rise apartment building killed one person and sent eight others to area
hospitals for burns or smoke inhalation. Investigators do not know the cause of the fire,
but the possibility of arson is being investigated. The fire occurred on the sixth floor.
When firefighters arrived, residents were running down the building’s stairs to get out.
Others were hanging off the outside of the building. The man who died had jumped out
of the building. At least one person is in critical condition. The injuries of another 40
people were evaluated at the scene. The fire shut down major commuter routes
throughout Washington D.C.
Source: http://www.wtop.com/?nid=25&sid=2065238
46. September 28, WXIA 11 Atlanta – (Georgia) Suspicious device forces closure of US
78 in Lilburn. Parts of Stone Mountain Highway were closed briefly in Lilburn,
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Georgia September 28 after a suspicious device was found at the Yellow River Game
Ranch. A Gwinnett County police sergeant said an employee found a device embedded
in the ground that had the words “Danger Explosive Device” printed on it. He said the
device may have been there for a while. Authorities later said the device was a
commercial blasting cap. After examining it, it was taken away, and officials said they
would most likely destroy it.
Source: http://www.11alive.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=156033&catid=40
47. September 28, Asbury Park Press – (New Jersey) Howell shopping center evacuated
due to suspicious bag; no bomb found. A suspicious bag dropped off in the parking
lot of the Home Depot shopping center September 28 in Howell, New Jersey, forced
the evacuation of several stores for about 3 hours as a bomb team determined what was
inside. Police received a 911 call at 11:13 a.m. after two people saw someone drop a
black mesh suitcase measuring about 3 feet by 2 feet in the Route 9 parking lot near the
main entrance of the store and drive away. A bomb-sniffing dog detected the presence
of some type of explosives, prompting the bomb team to send in a robot to further
investigate the suspicious package, police said. Two bomb squad members eventually
were sent to determine what was inside the bag. Police found no explosive inside. By
2:30 p.m., police gave the all-clear, and employees returned to work at the Checkers,
Dunkin’ Donuts, Jiffy Lube, Chase Bank and Home Depot. Howell police EMS,
Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office, and Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office
responded to the scene.
Source: http://www.app.com/article/20100928/NEWS/100928084/Howell-shoppingcenter-evacuated-due-to-suspicious-bag
48. September 27, Santa Rosa Press Democrat – (California) Petaluma explosion could
be linked to pipe bomb. A resident who was walking near Wiseman Park in Petaluma,
California, September 26 found an 18-inch-long, 2-inch-wide metal pipe that appeared
to have been used as an explosive device. The pipe was found in weeds on the edge of
the park. An explosion that reverberated through part of Petaluma September 24 is
perhaps linked to the discovery. Numerous residents contacted police over the weekend
to report hearing and feeling the explosion. It is unknown if the pipe was connected to
the previous explosion, police said.
Source: http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20100927/articles/100929531
For another story, see item 21
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National Monuments and Icons Sector
49. September 28, Loveland Reporter-Herald – (Colorado) Firefighters attack Buckhorn
fire. The West White Pine Fire has held at an estimated 1/2 acre and is located in the
Buckhorn Canyon area of the Roosevelt National Forest in Colorado, according to a
forest service spokesperson. Local firefighters, the Prineville Hotshots, a heavy
airtanker and a heavy helicopter all responded. The heavy airtanker made one retardant
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drop and the helicopter worked on the fire the afternoon of September 28. Firefighters
will remain on the fire overnight. The Prineville Hotshots were already on the forest
cutting hazard trees along roads and were available to respond.
Source: http://www.reporterherald.com/news_story.asp?ID=29616
50. September 28, Reno Gazette-Journal – (Nevada) 33,000 pot plants seized in Sierra
County raids; five suspects fled into forest. The Sierra County Sheriff’s Office in
Nevada announced it conducted five raids September 2 and 3 and recovered about
33,000 illegal marijuana plants, mostly from western Sierra County. It made no arrests
as five suspects likely maintaining two of the sites on U.S. Forest Service land fled into
the forest. Investigators also recovered two guns, one of which was stolen in Oakland,
California, last year, the sheriff said in a statement. There are still several open cases
pending, and the sheriff’s office expects to seize more plants and possibly make arrests.
The raids were made in conjunction with the Sierra County Probation Department, the
Nevada County Sheriff’s Office, the Plumas County Sheriff’s Office, the California
Department of Justice, and the United States Forest Service, the statement said.
Source: http://www.rgj.com/article/20100928/NEWS01/100928008/-1/CARSON/33000-pot-plants-seized-in-Sierra-County-raids-five-suspects-fled-into-forest
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Dams Sector
51. September 29, Associated Press – (Arizona) Tempe dam fix may include steel
gates. The Arizona Republic reports that Tempe, Arizona officials are leaning toward
building a permanent rubber or steel-gated dam for Tempe Town Lake. The original
rubber dam broke July 20 emptying the lake and sending millions of gallons of water
down the normally dry Salt River. Experts think sun exposure and age led to the
collapse of the rubber dam. A temporary replacement should be ready by early October
and city officials hope to begin refilling town lake in early November.
Source: http://www.kswt.com/Global/story.asp?S=13236634
52. September 29, Canadian Press – (International) Faulty Suncor reservoir leads to
petroleum leak into St. Lawrence. An undetermined quantity of diesel fuel mixed
with water leaked out of a Suncor reservoir and into the St. Lawrence River in the east
end of Montreal, Canada September 28. The Montreal fire department and a Suncor
spokesman confirmed that the leak has been neutralized and that efforts are
concentrated on the clean-up in the river. Authorities said that the leak on the river
covers an area up to three kilometers long. The reservoir’s retention basin appears to
have breached in addition to the leak in the reservoir. Environmental authorities said
the petroleum floating on the water is being pumped away and that a network of booms
installed around the leak will help contain it to the already-affected area. Suncor has
deployed heightened security to the site to limit access, and cannot provide an estimate
on the number of liters of petroleum that leaked into the river.
Source:
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http://montreal.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100929/mtl_gas_100928/20100929
/?hub=MontrealHome
53. September 29, WTAQ 97.5 Glenmore – (Wisconsin) Some Portage residents expected
to return home after flood evacuation. Residents of a Portage, Wisconsin
neighborhood are expected to return home September 29, after they evacuated when
part of a levee broke on the Wisconsin River September 26. The levee held, even with
the breach, and the Wisconsin River dropped more than 1 foot in the past day. It was
2.4 feet above its banks at 4 a.m., and it is expected to drop below flood stage sometime
after midnight. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) said it will
make a second effort to buy out more than 100 homes in Blackhawk Park area, and
allow the levy to deteriorate. A DNR spokesman said the 14-mile, 110-year-old sand
levee was poorly built, and it is too dilapidated. A National Committee on Levee Safety
spokesman said many levees were not designed to protect people. He said many are just
dirt mounds built years ago to protect farm crops. However, the chairman of the town
where the Portage levee is located said it should stay, and the DNR should keep
maintaining it.
Source: http://wtaq.com/news/articles/2010/sep/29/some-portage-residents-expectedreturn-home-after-/
54. September 28, Moody County Enterprise – (South Dakota) Rains fall; Big Sioux
explodes. Relentless rain pounded Moody County, South Dakota, and caused some of
the worst flooding seen in the area in years as well as damaging a lowhead dam in
Flandreau. The rain swelled the banks of the Big Sioux River throughout the county,
causing property damage, evacuations and road closures. A Moody County emergency
manager said the Big Sioux River peaked at 13.67 feet and was at 12.45 feet as of
September 27, according to a measurement taken at a location about 2 miles into the
northern edge of Moody County. The river had been going down “gradually,” he said,
and was still in major flood stage, which is 12 feet. The highest rainfall totals measured
were in Egan, where 8 inches fell in a 2-day stretch Sept. 22-23. Almost 6 inches fell in
Flandreau during that time period. The small community that is bordered to the west by
the Big Sioux River was the hardest hit. Water levels at the park and Flandreau’s
lowhead dam were much higher last week that during the flooding last spring. The dam
was again flowing straight across, and the river flooded the road leading to Flandreau
Indian School, which had been closed just beyond the bridge late last week. The
Flandreau Public Works superintendent said the city will have to repair sections of the
dam damaged during the flood.
Source:
http://www.moodycountyenterprise.com/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&story_id=2
196&page=73
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