Possible load bearing wall??

[left]We purchased this house 4 years back. The only accessible lally was painted. Now I am seeing several rust spots and some other areas under paint that have swelled (rust under that). Should I be concerned or just clean the rust and repaint ?[/left]

[left]Hello Thank you in advance for all of your answers. I just need a little bit of help in making sure that this wall is not loadbearing. I am in the beginning stages of a kitchen remodel I received a inspection from a structural engineer telling me that the wall is non-loadbearing but this was before I started taking the wall down. I now have a good image of the interior of the wall and I am concerned because there is a double top plate on top of the wall that I want to remove My kitchen is On the east end of the building the front of my home faces south and the kitchen is located at the east side of the home. The exterior wall of the kitchen faces east and the west wall of the kitchen is the interior wall that is common to the living room which is the wall that I want to take down. The roof in my home consist of wood trespasses with OSB sheathing. The trusses bear on the north and south exterior walls the interior frame wall of the upper level of the home are non-bearing walls. My basement has a steel beam and column system that is oriented east and west and supports the main floor I joist. On the main level of the home the south framed wall of the kitchen is directly above the steel beam in the basement. This wall is a bearing wall that supports the upper level floor joists.[/left]