Thursday, January 31, 2013

Diesel spill pollutes waters between Staten Island, NJ | Synopsis

Diesel spill pollutes waters between Staten Island, NJ

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Officials say 336,000 gallons of diesel fuel spilled into the waters between Staten Island and New Jersey after a storage tank was lifted and ruptured from the surge from Sandy. All of the spilled fuel is believed to be contained by booms put in the Arthur Kill waterway, the Coast Guard says. The liquid leaked at the Motiva oil tank facility in Woodbridge, N.J., according to authorities. Read more stories on NBCNewYork. com Follow @NBCNewsUS Coast Guard spokesman Les Tippets says a secondary tank caught most of the fuel and that the liquid that escaped moved into the Arthur Kill. Slideshow: Sandy slams into East Coast Superstorm Sandy made landfall Monday evening on a destructive and deadly path across the Northeast. Launch slideshow About 200 responders were on scene to contain the spill.

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