[CPEO-MEF] FUEL: Guam "Jet fuel spill wasn't reported for months"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Jet fuel spill wasn't reported for months; defense contractor fined

Guam Daily Post
August 11, 2018

A military contractor that was recently fined for accidentally spilling 100 gallons of jet fuel and 10 gallons of fuel-contaminated water waited nearly three months before reporting the incident to the Guam Environmental Protection Agency.

Areas affected by the jet fuel spill were Agana Heights and Harmon, Guam EPA confirmed Friday.

The contaminated areas have since been cleaned up, the agency stated.

The spill occurred in August 2017, Guam EPA confirmed. The jet fuel spill was reported to the agency on Nov. 9, 2017, when a representative for the contractor walked into Guam EPA's administrative office to file the report, confirmed Nic Rupley Lee, Guam EPA acting deputy administrator.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.postguam.com/news/local/jet-fuel-spill-wasn-t-reported-for-months-defense-contractor/article_74663974-9c7d-11e8-9608-cb40bdef444e.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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