[CPEO-MEF] FUEL: Travis Air Force Base (CA) ruptured pipeline

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Ruptured Line Leaking Jet Fuel Near Travis AFB

Ron Jones
CBS 13 TV News (Sacramento, CA)
February 25, 2009

SUISUN CITY, Calif.

Crews are still working this morning to cap a ruptured line that 
delivers jet fuel to Travis Air Force Base, and officials are not sure 
how long the fuel has been seeping out.

A local contractor discovered evidence of the leak near the intersection 
of Highway 12 and Lawler Ranch Parkway just after noon, and engineers 
from Travis AFB and environmental experts spent much of Tuesday 
afternoon and evening working to determine exactly where and when the 
rupture began.

"It's still leaking," said Mike Kirchner from California's Department of 
Fish and Game. "There's always a potential threat."

....

For the entire story, see
http://cbs13.com/breakingnews/travis.afb.fuel.2.943066.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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