Quote Originally Posted by freeflow_23
I was thinking the same thing Gary. Did the plant never consider what would happen if they have a spill? It sounds like they would have had to have a runoff drain going directly into the river or something. Wonder if the EPA ever considered that industry located near the rivers/waterways should have EXTRA measures in place to collect or filter runoff.

Surely they are required to have some sort of hazardous material containment process?!?!?
Sounds to me like it was also the EPAs fault for not checking out the place and seeing what could happen. They sure ride my but on what and where I place my chemicals for storage and also I have to keep a log for them to check so they can see that all pesticides are accounted for and that I have not been dumping leftovers in the swamp. If they can do that to me then surely they could tell some outfit to reroute a pipeline away from a river or lake and make sure the grade of the land is away from the watershed. It has been seen and someone knew about it already with this company and the EPA. It was chosen to be overlooked for some odd reason$$$$$$$$. Chaps my rear to hear stuff like this. Have a pulp mill about 20 miles from my house on the Roanoke river. They have been known to dump barge loads of lime into the river to neutralize the plants discharge. But they ain't hurting anything.:rolleyes: No wonder we get dead water in the sound. CF