Monday, September 15, 2014
BP continues to cleanup oil spill in Port Newark Channel
Crews at BP’s Port Newark facility have been cleaning up a spill of diesel fuel since July, according to BP officials and the state Department of Environmental Protection.
The U.S. Coast Guard investigated several reports of an oil spill spotted in Port Newark Channel, and determined that a storm drain located on property owned by the Port Authority of NY/NJ and leased by BP was the likely source, according to Charles Rowe, a public affairs officer for the New York sector.
Investigators found fuel leaching into the drain from saturated soil, and traced the leak to one of six 10-inch pipelines the company uses to transfer diesel fuel at the facility, said BP spokesman Scott Dean.
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