Pipeline firm cited for 2M-gallon spill in Ohio wetlands
April 21, 2017
CLEVELAND (AP) — A Texas company building a high-pressure pipeline to carry natural gas from Appalachia has been issued violation notices for spilling a total of about 2 million gallons of drilling fluid into two separate wetlands last week, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency said.
About 2 million gallons of the non-toxic, clay-based lubricant spilled April 13 as Rover Pipeline employees drilled horizontally beneath the Tuscarawas River near Navarre in Stark County, about 60 miles (97 kilometers) south of Cleveland.
EPA spokesman James Lee said Thursday that none of the clay mud, ca...
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