ALW_Linda
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 Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 11:41 pm Post subject: Crews cleaning coal-washing spill in eastern KY |
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INEZ, KY (AP) - Wastewater from an eastern Kentucky coal-washing operation that spread into a creek is being cleaned up, and the state describes the spill as minor.
Evan Satterwhite of the Kentucky Department for Natural Resources says state officials don't know how many gallons spilled at the Martin County site near Inez, but he told The Courier-Journal in Louisville that "it seems very minimal."
He says it appears the wastewater spread 3.5 miles downstream from where a valve broke on a pipeline.
Satterwhite says Martin County Coal Corp. discovered discolored water in a detention pond Monday afternoon but couldn't contain it and reported the spill when water started getting into Cold Water Creek. He says water from the pond was running clear again about seven hours later.
Satterwhite says the company hired a contractor to clean up any mess and could face fines.
In October 2000, 300 million gallons of slurry spilled from a Martin County Coal impoundment. |
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