Major Gas Spill: Contamination Still Unknown
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Updated: April 17, 2007
More than two weeks later, we know when it happened, and we know how it happened. We still don`t know why it took a week for the Razorback Pipeline to alert anyone that they were responsible for the biggest spill in state history.
We contacted both the Razorback Pipeline headquarters and Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality to find out why there was a break down in communication. The Razorback Pipeline never called us back. The ADEQ told us they didnt want to point fingers until after the clean-up, but did say the pipeline could potentially face civil penalties.
Here`s what we know, 67-thousand gallons of gas over-flowed from a tank at the Razorback Pipeline storage center on October 3. The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality didnt get informed of the mass spill until they visited the site six days later. Why they didnt know the magnitude of the spill remains unanswered.
ADEQ says the Razorback Pipeline is responsible for the clean up and taking care of the residents water supply if it is contaminated with gasoline.
The federal Environmental Protection Agency is not involved.
