Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Martin County Reports Slurry Spill
KENTUCKY....
Officials say Martin County Coal contacted the Kentucky Environmental Protection Agency Tuesday to report a slurry spill along Coldwater Creek, also known as Route 908. The company says the spill originated by a leaky valve in a pipe leading to a sediment pond, and, although it was minor, it turned the creek water black but did not cause a significant rise in the water levels. Workers with the Kentucky Division of Water and Division of Mines and Minerals were on hand to work the scene. The Department of Natural Resources says this spill did not come from the same sediment pond that caused a larger spill in 2000.
Officials say Martin County Coal contacted the Kentucky Environmental Protection Agency Tuesday to report a slurry spill along Coldwater Creek, also known as Route 908. The company says the spill originated by a leaky valve in a pipe leading to a sediment pond, and, although it was minor, it turned the creek water black but did not cause a significant rise in the water levels. Workers with the Kentucky Division of Water and Division of Mines and Minerals were on hand to work the scene. The Department of Natural Resources says this spill did not come from the same sediment pond that caused a larger spill in 2000.
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