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Another Major Oil Spill at Paulsboro Refinery
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refinery in the back yard of High School
Do Sweeney and Burzichelli Still Hate DEP Regulations and Red Tape?
Late yesterday, DEP issued a press release that just hit my in basket announcing a major oil spill at the Paulsboro refinery.
As is typical, DEP is downplaying risks – the press release reads as if it were written by the oil company. There is no mention of the school just feet away.
12/P16) TRENTON — A large spill from an oil tank at the Paulsboro Refining Company facility in Gloucester County is not expected to impact the Delaware River or local water supplies. Air monitoring also indicatesthere should be no health effects from odors caused by the spill.
… As of 4:30 p.m., 157,000 barrels — or about 6.6 million gallons — of oil had leaked into the emergency containment area. The tank holds 286,000 barrels of oil, or about 12 million gallons. The emergency containment area, essentially a large berm surrounding the tank, is designed to hold 377,000 barrels in the event of an emergency.
We called the “Community Information Line” and all we got was a tape message by the Paulsboro Refining Company – almost like (Read more...)
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Another Major Oil Spill at Paulsboro Refinery
1 day ago by WolfeNotes 0 | 99 views
refinery in the back yard of High School
Do Sweeney and Burzichelli Still Hate DEP Regulations and Red Tape?
Late yesterday, DEP issued a press release that just hit my in basket announcing a major oil spill at the Paulsboro refinery.
As is typical, DEP is downplaying risks – the press release reads as if it were written by the oil company. There is no mention of the school just feet away.
12/P16) TRENTON — A large spill from an oil tank at the Paulsboro Refining Company facility in Gloucester County is not expected to impact the Delaware River or local water supplies. Air monitoring also indicatesthere should be no health effects from odors caused by the spill.
… As of 4:30 p.m., 157,000 barrels — or about 6.6 million gallons — of oil had leaked into the emergency containment area. The tank holds 286,000 barrels of oil, or about 12 million gallons. The emergency containment area, essentially a large berm surrounding the tank, is designed to hold 377,000 barrels in the event of an emergency.
We called the “Community Information Line” and all we got was a tape message by the Paulsboro Refining Company – almost like (Read more...)
Link to original article / Continue Reading...
WolfeNotes will focus on important stories that are being ignored or misrepresented by the media. I’ll do traditional muckraking to hold the bad guys accountable; expose the lies and self serving spin of government officials and politicians; and explore how the failures of government, media, AND well meaning environmental organizations contribute to the problems we face.
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6.3M Gallons of Crude Oil Spills in NJ – Toxicity Report Included – Feb. 24, 2012
VIDEO - http://www.disclose.tv/action/viewvideo/89842/6_3M_Gallons_Of_Crude_Oil_Spills_in_New_Jersey/
“PAULSBORO, N.J. – February 24, 2012 — A massive oil spill at the closed Paulsboro Refinery in South Jersey is sending sickening fumes over the region. One of the hardest hit areas is in Delaware County, where school children are inhaling the smell.
The spill happened around 1:00 p.m. Thursday 2/23/2012 at PBF Energy’s Paulsboro refinery at 800 Billingsport Road.
At several schools in the Chichester School District, children were reporting feeling ill from breathing the fumes. The school district says no one has been sent home sick because of the fumes, but they have kept the children indoors as a precaution and an early dismal was called for some schools.”
Resources:
http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/text_version/chemicals.php?id=73
http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/search/r?dbs+hsdb:@term+@na+crude+oil
http://disaster.nlm.nih.gov/dimrc/oilspills.html#a2
http://emergency.cdc.gov/gulfoilspill2010/light_crude_health_professionals.asp
For poisoning emergencies or questions about possible poisons, contact your local poison control center at 1-800-222-1222.
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Fumes from a crude oil spill in Gloucester County drifted over four states Friday, prompting dozens of calls to police complaining of the odor, authorities said.
Officials at the Paulsboro Refining Company continued to clean up more than six million gallons of oil that leaked from a tank on Thursday but was contained by berms on the site.
Emergency workers applied foam to the oil to reduce vapors after the spill, but rain overnight Thursday and into Friday broke apart the foam.
Officials in New Castle County, Del., said Friday its 911 center had been inundated with calls from people complaining about the odor. Residents of New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland also complained. The oil began leaking from the 12-million gallon tank Thursday afternoon and an estimated 150,000 barrels of heavy crude were spilled.
“That probably contributed to the releasing of odors during (Thursday) night and Friday,” said Lawrence Hajna, a spokesman for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
“Plus the cloud ceiling was very low (Friday), creating conditions that would keep the odors close to the ground.”
The spilled oil was contained within a bermed-in area that surrounds the tank. By Friday afternoon, refinery workers had completed removing the remaining oil from the tank and were focusing on removing the oil from the containment area.
The oil had not leaked into the Delaware River or into drinking water supplies, officials said.
There were no reports of anyone being hospitalized due to the oil fumes. Health officials said the vapors could possibly cause minor irritation to the eyes, nose and throat. “But we have had no indication that the fumes pose a serious health risk,” said Hajna.
DEP Commissioner Bob Martin and New Jersey Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno toured the refinery site Friday. “(The refinery) has done all of the proper protocols and is following all the proper precautions,” said Guadagno.
“They have everybody on site from the federal government to the state government to the county and the locals, and they’re handling it.”
Workers will continue working over the weekend to clean up the spilled oil, and air monitoring will also take place for the next few days, according to the DEP.
The cause of the leak is under investigation.
The refinery is owned by PBF Energy, which purchased the company from Valero Energy Co. in December of 2010.
Thursday’s spill was the second this year in Gloucester County. The first involved an estimated 26,000 gallons of diesel fuel that spilled Jan. 12 after a fuel pump gasket malfunctioned at a NJ Transit bus garage at Route 42 and the Black Horse Pike.
“PAULSBORO, N.J. – February 24, 2012 — A massive oil spill at the closed Paulsboro Refinery in South Jersey is sending sickening fumes over the region. One of the hardest hit areas is in Delaware County, where school children are inhaling the smell.
The spill happened around 1:00 p.m. Thursday 2/23/2012 at PBF Energy’s Paulsboro refinery at 800 Billingsport Road.
At several schools in the Chichester School District, children were reporting feeling ill from breathing the fumes. The school district says no one has been sent home sick because of the fumes, but they have kept the children indoors as a precaution and an early dismal was called for some schools.”
Resources:
http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/text_version/chemicals.php?id=73
http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/search/r?dbs+hsdb:@term+@na+crude+oil
http://disaster.nlm.nih.gov/dimrc/oilspills.html#a2
http://emergency.cdc.gov/gulfoilspill2010/light_crude_health_professionals.asp
For poisoning emergencies or questions about possible poisons, contact your local poison control center at 1-800-222-1222.
Fumes from a crude oil spill in Gloucester County drifted over four states Friday, prompting dozens of calls to police complaining of the odor, authorities said.
Officials at the Paulsboro Refining Company continued to clean up more than six million gallons of oil that leaked from a tank on Thursday but was contained by berms on the site.
Emergency workers applied foam to the oil to reduce vapors after the spill, but rain overnight Thursday and into Friday broke apart the foam.
Officials in New Castle County, Del., said Friday its 911 center had been inundated with calls from people complaining about the odor. Residents of New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland also complained. The oil began leaking from the 12-million gallon tank Thursday afternoon and an estimated 150,000 barrels of heavy crude were spilled.
“That probably contributed to the releasing of odors during (Thursday) night and Friday,” said Lawrence Hajna, a spokesman for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
“Plus the cloud ceiling was very low (Friday), creating conditions that would keep the odors close to the ground.”
The spilled oil was contained within a bermed-in area that surrounds the tank. By Friday afternoon, refinery workers had completed removing the remaining oil from the tank and were focusing on removing the oil from the containment area.
The oil had not leaked into the Delaware River or into drinking water supplies, officials said.
There were no reports of anyone being hospitalized due to the oil fumes. Health officials said the vapors could possibly cause minor irritation to the eyes, nose and throat. “But we have had no indication that the fumes pose a serious health risk,” said Hajna.
DEP Commissioner Bob Martin and New Jersey Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno toured the refinery site Friday. “(The refinery) has done all of the proper protocols and is following all the proper precautions,” said Guadagno.
“They have everybody on site from the federal government to the state government to the county and the locals, and they’re handling it.”
Workers will continue working over the weekend to clean up the spilled oil, and air monitoring will also take place for the next few days, according to the DEP.
The cause of the leak is under investigation.
The refinery is owned by PBF Energy, which purchased the company from Valero Energy Co. in December of 2010.
Thursday’s spill was the second this year in Gloucester County. The first involved an estimated 26,000 gallons of diesel fuel that spilled Jan. 12 after a fuel pump gasket malfunctioned at a NJ Transit bus garage at Route 42 and the Black Horse Pike.
One Response to 6.3M Gallons of Crude Oil Spills in NJ – Toxicity Report Included – Feb. 24, 2012
David says:February 25, 2012 at 1:32 am
It really bugs the hell out of me when I see the devastation wrought by purveyors of destruction reduced and minimized to mere footnotes, and at the same time telling us that we are addicted to oil and “we” are basically the parasitic scum of the earth. Who is “we” I wonder. Rather than buy into the diatribe that is leveed at humanity, or Americans, more specifically, we have to be patient I suppose and not give into the hatred and frustration that they foment among us. Anyways, I just have to wonder what your story is. You’re a person after my own heart to be sure. With knowledge comes the possibility of isolation and alienation, but sure beats what they pass off as American mainstream culture. It will be interesting to see what happens in the near future as the battle for our very existence ensues.
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