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Derelict Barge Grounded Near Camas Walled Off to Protect Columbia River from Pollution by Associated Press The Republic, April 20, 2011

PORTLAND, Ore. -- The Coast Guard says workers have completed building an 850-foot metal wall around an old barge that had been leaking oils into the Columbia River near Camas, Wash.

The cofferdam will trap any more pollutants while crews dismantle the barge called the Davy Crockett.

The 431-foot vessel ran aground in January as the owner was trying to scrap it.

The Columbian reports the Coast Guard took over the cleanup effort, which so far has cost about $10 million

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