Owner of Twice-Sunken Barge Qualifies for Reduced Sentence After Relocating the Vessel • Michigan Advance

Owner of twice-sunken barge qualifies for reduced sentence after relocating the vessel • Michigan Advance

Grand Traverse Bay | Susan J. DemasA barge that has twice sunk into Lake Michigan, has been successfully relocated, the Michigan Department of Attorney General announced Thursday, laying to rest years of environmental concerns and legal proceedings.  The barge’s owner, Donald Lewis Balcom, 90, of Traverse City, pled guilty last April in the 13th Circuit Court in Leelanau County to one count of Water Resources Protection Violation for Discharge o…

Owner of twice-sunken barge qualifies for reduced sentence after relocating the vessel

A barge that has twice sunk into Lake Michigan, has been successfully relocated, the Michigan Department of Attorney General announced Thursday, laying to rest years of environmental concerns and legal proceedings. The barge’s owner, Donald Lewis Balcom, 90, of Traverse…