Comments on: State To Clean Up Decades Old Petroleum Spill At Escambia Road Dept. In Cantonment

By: Gman

Gman — Mon, 30 Jul 2018 10:13:37 +0000

32 years to late

By: JOE

JOE — Sun, 29 Jul 2018 17:51:19 +0000

I would not worry about the inmates, they like it so much they keep coming back. I feel sorry for the people who have worked there for year. I wounder what the effect is on them.

By: Stokes

Stokes — Sun, 29 Jul 2018 07:55:15 +0000

Do you think the contaminated site would have any effect on the inmates at ECRP over the years from catfish farmed on site an the use of water out of the big pound behind the prison to water crops that is feed to the inmates such as squash just saying the fule pumps are only 2. Or 3 hundred feet from both pounds

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 23:37:46 +0000

REGARDING:
“The road crews when laying new roads pour HUGE amounts of oil on the ground.”

This is true, or at least that they pour huge amounts of hydrocarbons on the ground. All are not the same, though. Some will only move when heated or thinned by a volatile organic compound. Some will easily move and contaminate ground/drinking water. Much depends on which this was and what all is endangered.

David for fresh water

By: steve

steve — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 18:58:57 +0000

MEH… The road crews when laying new roads pour HUGE amounts of oil on the ground. And we have millions of miles of roads with billions of gallons of oil under them..
what ever was there at this site is NOTHING so stop making something of it ….

By: Eric Ericson

Eric Ericson — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 17:55:00 +0000

When I was a DEP manager over pollutant storage tanks in the 1990’s, it cost an average of $250,000 to clean up an average contaminated site. Currently, there are over 19,000 sites statewide that are eligible for state-funded cleanup. Roughly, that means that it will take 4 billion, 750 million dollars to clean them all up. Obviously, we don’t have enough money to clean them all up, especially at once. The sites are ranked with proximity to wells, the extent of contamination, etc., and a list of priorities are assigned. The highest ones on the list have already been addressed with lower priority sites next. Some will probably never get cleaned up as nature has taken care of them, or they aren’t a threat to the aquifer.

By: Gloria Horning

Gloria Horning — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 17:40:59 +0000

It will take the state that long plus to clean-up Wedgewood and the spot zoning of landfills they and the county allowed in those communities.

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 16:40:26 +0000

What is the rush? Put it off for another 32 years!!!

By: carl stinson

carl stinson — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 15:15:23 +0000

it has been 32 years an environmental spill that has to be reported is supposed to be cleaned up right away not wait for 32years damage is already done seems a little late in coming