'No immediate danger to public' after Colerain oil leak (note: Cincinnati, Ohio Area)

[CincyDem]

Source: Cincinnati Enquirer Digital

A large leak was reported overnight in a crude oil pipeline that runs through Glen Oak Nature Preserve in Colerain Township, fire officials said this morning.

It's not clear yet how big the leak is, but it is contained, said Capt. Steve Conn, spokesman for Colerain Township Fire Department.

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Mid-Valley Pipeline Co. owns the line and it is operated by Sunoco Logistics out of Sugarland, Texas, Conn and EPA officials said. The 20-inch diameter line stretches 1,000 miles from Texas to Michigan.

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Conn said crews will pump out the wetlands. Officials do not think the oil leached into the groundwater or reached the Great Miami River.

Read more: http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/2014/03/18/crews-investigate-colerain-gas-leak/6554741/

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Nothing like the Arkansas spill but another harbinger of bad thing that happen around these pipelines. This is the third meaningful leak in the last 9 years.

[IkeRepublican]

1. My old stomping grounds

This is near Miamitown or Ross, true Republican land. Once the snow fully melts, it'll make it's way to the river. The locals won't mind. They're used to dust from Fernald, which made nuke components during the 1950's and 60's. Lots of cancers, but "it be bidness 'n s**t", according to residents. Not saying these people deserve it - many of them are good folks - but, they'll roll over in a heartbeat for certain things like today's Republicans are so inclined to do.

[OldRedneck]

2. RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Translation: When industry officials say: "No immediate danger" They mean: "We are getting the hell out of here!! You suckers can sit around until it's too late but we're leaving!!"

[wordpix]

11. so sadly true & leave the toxic mess to the public to clean up

while we the oil industry continue to increase our net worth by hundreds of billion$ every year.

[2pooped2pop]

3. no immediate danger

but the next 1000 years will be affected.

[olddad56]

20. exactly, no immediate danger, it takes time to sink into the water supply.

[AtheistCrusader]

4. If you don't know how big the leak is, you can't really claim

it's not an immediate threat to the public, can you?

[valerief]

8. You can when you own the media. nt

[marble falls]

5. Wonderful. Lets build more.

[sakabatou]

6. Oh great

[durablend]

7. Why do you hate more jobs and cheaper gas?!?!?

[blackspade]

9. These leaks happen all the time and never get cleaned up.

The carbon fuel industry is a monster that needs to be slain.

[JoeyT]

10. "No immediate danger"

"Our lawyers haven't figured out how we're going to evade responsibility for this, so we're going to claim it's perfectly safe until they've come up with a game plan"

[greatlaurel]

12. Another pipeline leak in Ohio

What a shocker. Since the Kasich administration never misses a chance to help out their friends in the Oil and Gas Industries, you can bet there has been no inspection of this pipeline in recent memory. Leaking in a wildlife refuge, what a freaking mess.

[elleng]

13. In boehner's 'neighborhood'

[Brigid]

14. "No immediate danger?"

Isn't that what they always say?

[CincyDem]

15. Now we have pictures.

Nothing to see her folks - move along, move along. Sheesh.


http://www.fox19.com/slideshow?widgetid=107586

[yuiyoshida]

16. This does seem to be happening all too much lately...

doesn't it?

[flying_wahini]

17. I want to see the person responsible's head on a PIKE.

IT's bullshit. Their carelessness needs to be answered for.

Getting pretty sick of them paying paltry fines and doing whatever the hell they want.

[marzipanni]

18. They are the makers making the drug,

fouling the nature preserve as a meth maker fouls their house/lab, dealing and making huge profit$ from the oil-addictive way of life we have created.

[glinda]

19. Pump out wetlands???? Public needs to wake up to the fact

that every time this happens, the Companies pay a minimal fine then wait one to two years and go back to "harvest" their intended prize.
One of the reasons that this may be happening in pristine or precious eco-systems is that they hold the largest bounty for these Companies.

[theHandpuppet]

21. This is the same pipeline that runs from Mich to Texas

Now consider just how many leaks there are along this incredibly long pipeline and how many leaks are probably going unreported.