Re: Oil spill on the Muskenetcong
"The tanks at Beeline Fuel on Heiser Road near Route 57 were pumped out in 2002, county hazardous materials specialist Tom Nigro said Monday morning.
But there still was still residual oil at the bottom of the tanks, he said. One of the rusted tanks had a crack in a feeder pipe, he said. Once that was repaired, the leak appeared to stop, he said.
The tanks were drained of an additional 1,200 gallons of fuel since the the DEP's Bureau of Emergency Response-North began its efforts on Sunday, spokesman Bob Considine said."
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Drained in 2002 but still has over 1,200 gallons of "residual"??? I wonder who dropped the ball on checking the original "draining".
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