WV DEP: Freedom Industries leaked as much as 10,000 gallons into Elk River

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

Source: Charleston Daily Mail

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Freedom Industries now believes at least 10,000 gallons of chemicals leaked Jan. 9 from a faulty storage tank and into the Elk River.

The new estimate is the latest -- and largest – estimate for the amount of the chemicals that played a role in preventing 300,000 West Virginians from having safe tap water.

"This new calculation does not change any of our protocols in dealing with this spill, nor does it affect the ongoing remediation efforts," state Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Randy Huffman said in a press release.

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Initially officials with the DEP guessed between 2,000 and 5,000 gallons of chemicals spilled out of the storage tank. That number jumped to as much as 7,500 gallons within days of the initial estimate.


Read more: http://www.charlestondailymail.com/News/201401270107

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And the steady drip of revisions continue to leak out....

The WV DEP has long been an industry tool - we are now at double the amount they assured us initially was the worst case scenario

[d_legendary1]

1. This sounds a lot like the BP oil spill.

Whatever numbers they toss out multiply it by ten and get your true answer.

[jmowreader]

2. Those tanks held 30,000 gallons of liquid

Somewhere between 5000 and 30,000 gallons - assuming only one tank leaked, and right now we can't even assume that - is the amount of coal soap you will find in the Elk River.