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Plains All American Crude Oil Spill

 
Site Contact:
Richard Jardine
OSC

(jardine.richard@epa.gov)

Site Location:
County Road 35
Heidelberg, MS
response.epa.gov/plainsallamerican
NRC#: 748821

On January 31, 2004, a Plains All American truck was involved in an accident on County Road 35 in Heidelber, Mississippi releasing approximately 6,300 gallons of crude oil into the adjacent ditches. Plains All American supplied a vacuum truck to begin the removal actions. Mississippi Department of Environmental Quallity was onscene. EPA OSC Rick Jardine was dispatched to assist.


Truck (righted and off-site) Oiled Roadside Ditch Vac Action Along Road Oil Runoff into Woods Bagged absorbents Other Side of Road Oil bubbling up in woods Oil Runoff Farthest Large Pool 100 yards Unnamed Tributary to Bouge Homa Creek
For additional information, visit the Pollution Report (POLREPS) section.