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No immediate cleanup plans for oil spill on Mississippi River
There are no immediate plans to clean up a large oil spill spotted near the town of Venice, on the Mississippi River downstream from New Orleans.
Department of Environmental Quality spokesman Darin Mann says a flyover shows the spill didn't appear to be growing. He says D-E-Q doesn't know how much oil was spilled since Hurricane Katrina came ashore, where the oil came from or when cleanup would begin.
He notes the area is only reachable by boat.
The spill was near two storage tanks that could hold 80-thousand barrels of oil if full. Officials are trying to contact the owners of the facility with the tanks and notify them of the spill.
The owner of whatever turns out to be the source of the leak is responsible for cleanup.
http://www.katc.com/Global/story.asp?S=3805063
He notes the area is only reachable by boat.
The spill was near two storage tanks that could hold 80-thousand barrels of oil if full. Officials are trying to contact the owners of the facility with the tanks and notify them of the spill.
The owner of whatever turns out to be the source of the leak is responsible for cleanup.
http://www.katc.com/Global/story.asp?S=3805063
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Sunday, Sept. 5, 2005. 11:05 p.m.
Aerial photographs taken by the state Department of Environmental Quality on Sunday indicate that oil has begun to leak from a tank at the flooded-out Murphy Oil Refinery in Meraux and that the leak is spreading into a neighborhood directly west of the refinery.
Darin Mann, a DEQ spokesman, said the leak was spotted during a flyover by the department but that state officials do not know how much oil has leaked out or when cleanup efforts can begin. The tank that's leaking can hold 85,000 barrels of crude oil, the Associated Press reported.
A contractor that's been tapped for the clean-up effort has been unable to move its equipment into place because of flooding from Hurricane Katrina, Mann said.
Although floodwaters have receded throughout St. Bernard Parish, the refinery was still surrounded by water as of Sunday.
Murphy Oil Co. is aware of the leak, and will be responsible for clean-up, Mann said.
http://www.nola.com/newslogs/breakingtp/