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berniesandersmittens

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Wed Jun 19, 2024, 12:00 PM Jun 2024

Crude oil pipeline in south Arkansas leaking, EPA says oil going into Ouachita River tributary


Crude oil pipeline in south Arkansas leaking, EPA says oil going into Ouachita River tributary
by: Bill Smith

Posted: Jun 18, 2024 / 12:55 PM CDT
Updated: Jun 18, 2024 / 12:56 PM CDT
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Federal officials said a break in a crude oil pipeline in southern Arkansas is draining into a series of creeks that feed into the Ouachita River.

The National Response Center notified the Environment Protection Agency of the spill on Saturday afternoon, saying that the leak from an underground line at the Martin Operating Partners Facility near Smackover had discharged an estimated 2,000 barrels worth of crude oil.

Arkansas receives $5.59 million from the Department of the Interior to plug orphaned oil and gas wells
Officials report that the leak is about 110 feet from a manifold, sending the oil leaking over land and into a drainage that feeds into Holmes Creek. That waterway connects to Smackover Creek, which in turn feeds into the Ouachita River.


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https://www.kark.com/news/state-news/crude-oil-pipeline-in-south-arkansas-leaking-epa-says-oil-going-into-ouachita-river-tributary/
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Crude oil pipeline in south Arkansas leaking, EPA says oil going into Ouachita River tributary (Original Post) berniesandersmittens Jun 2024 OP
Didn't I just just petitions online PlutosHeart Jun 2024 #1
Don't worry, it is only El Dorado. LiberalArkie Jun 2024 #2

LiberalArkie

(16,092 posts)
2. Don't worry, it is only El Dorado.
Wed Jun 19, 2024, 12:29 PM
Jun 2024

The state Pollution control Dept will test the water and air in Little Rock and issue a ruling that there was no problem found.

The Union and Columbia county oil and chemical companies make too much money for the state to ever say or do anything.

Speaking as someone who was born and raised there.

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