Floating booms removed from Valley Camp and Kemp Marina

Four days after a chemical sheen was reported on the St. Marys River, clean up wrapped up today.

GFL Environmental removed the two sets of floating booms around George Kemp Marina and the Museum Ship Valley Camp.

The total length of the booms was around 300 feet.

An area of sheen was discovered around 5 p.m. Monday.

Even though the Coast Guard says only around ten gallons of an "oily substance" were released, the floating booms were placed around the marina and the Valley Camp as a precaution.

There was concern that the polluted water could make its way into the aquariums located inside the Valley Camp.

The water intake for those aquariums is from the St. Marys River.

The museum is home to four-1,200 gallon aquariums that are stocked with various species of fish from the Great Lakes region.

Coast Guard members were on site today monitoring the clean-up and said Mother Nature will take care of any remaining traces of sheen.

The origin of the spill remains unclear and remains under investigation.