Thursday, February 19, 2015

ABOUT 1,300 GALLONS OF OIL SPILL IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA




FEBRUARY 17, 2015

CARTWRIGHT, N.D.

Health officials in North Dakota say about 1,300 gallons of oil have spilled in northwest North Dakota in an incident involving a tank trailer.

Karl Rockerman with the North Dakota Department of Health says the incident happened when a truck with some residual oil in its tank was being filled with fresh water at Caliber Midstream Water Depot about a mile west of Cartwright. 

The tank was overfilled with fresh water, which caused the oil to spill out through the truck's overflow vent.

Rockerman says some of the oil affected an isolated oxbow of Charbonneau Creek, but did not enter the creek itself.

Rockerman says cleanup is underway. He adds that crews are removing any free oil at the site, as well as contaminated soil, ice and water.