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[Kelly]

Slippery stories - last one has a nice picture.

Oil spill and irresponsible follow up.
http://www.state.ma....ws/bousquet.htm

Same area with management comments "we kinda pushed the envelope" on page 3.
http://www.steeltank...news-010604.pdf

House full of oil (a.k.a. City Plumbing Department of the Year)
http://www.kltv.com/...y.asp?S=1631001

[floridaskier]

That looks really fun to clean up

[SkiBachelor]

SAM had an article about Bogus Basin's heating oil spill from the lodge. The EPA only fined them $7,500 for the whole project, compared to the $25,000 fine they could have faced each day. EPA said that Bogus Basin handled the situation very good and let everyone know. It took about five days to clean the mess up.

http://www.epa.gov/oilspill/

[Peter]

PSE fined for Crystal Mountain diesel spill

11:33 AM PDT on Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Associated Press

OLYMPIA, Wash. - The state Ecology Department has fined Puget Sound Energy $366,000 for a diesel spill from a backup generator at the Crystal Mountain ski area.

An estimated 18,000 gallons of diesel spilled on Nov. 3, 2006, and rain carried it into a creek and nearby wetlands.

The department says the utility took responsibility for the spill and did a commendable job of cleaning it up, spending more than $16 million.

The spill was caused by a burned-out switch on the system that delivers fuel to the generator and could have been prevented.

PSE says it has taken steps to prevent another accidental spill.

[WBSKI]

I remember when I visited Silver Summit, which is fairly isolated, near Edmonton, Alberta, there was a lot of oil and other unhealthy looking chemicals spilt around the Murray Latta double chair.