Kinder Morgan (gasoline) pipeline leak reaches 300,000 gallons in South Carolina.

[Snarkoleptic]

It sounds like this story has been out for a while, but I'm astonished (well...not really) that it's gotten so little attention from the national media.


http://savannahnow.com/news/2015-04-30/kinder-morgan-pipeline-leak-reaches-300000-gallons-south-carolina

More than 300,000 gallons of gasoline have leaked from Texas-based energy company Kinder Morgan’s pipeline in Belton, S.C., since a structure failure in December, according to the Savannah Riverkeeper.

The spill was originally reported as 8,000 gallons, but was actually 8,000 barrels, Riverkeeper Tonya Bonitatibus said. There are 42 gallons per barrel.

The incident, located on Lewis Drive near the junction of West Calhoun Road in Belton, was reported Dec. 8 and was the result of a sleeve failure in the 27-inch pipeline, said Jim Beasley, spokesman for the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control.

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“The discovery of such a high-volume spill is completely in contrast with Kinder Morgan’s repeated statements regarding their spill detection monitors,” said Savannah Riverkeeper Tonya Bonitatibus on Thursday.

“It has been five months since the leak was reported. The claim that this company can immediately detect and promptly clean up a spill has been shown in this instance to be false.”

[marym625]

1. my best friend worked there for over 20 years

Then they restructured, her boss quit and the new one fired her. She was upper management and had done a great job for them for over 2 decades. I hope whatever happens was somehow because she wasn't there

[Snarkoleptic]

2. Probably replaced her with someone on a lower pay scale and less

likely to notice (or call out) misdeeds.

[marym625]

3. exactly

Still pisses me off. I absolutely despise the corporate world

[djean111]

4. Probably figuring out how to charge the citizens for fixing the leak, and the clean-up.

Or, rather, whether they can get away with no clean-up. Yeah, I am cynical.