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Irving gas station cleanup complete

Published on June 17th, 2010; Published on July 8th, 2010
Staff ~ The Journal Pioneer

Topics :: Irving Oil

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Cleanup at the St. Eleanors Irving is now complete, nearly three weeks after a rental truck struck a gasoline pump and caused a major gas spill.

"We have now removed all the impacted soil we needed to remove and replaced it with clean soil," said Liza Dube, a spokesperson for Irving Oil.

"We've really been able to alleviate the damage as much as possible."

Irving monitored groundwater in the area during the cleanup and is reporting no contamination.

The company will now start installing new gas pumps that include an underground alarm system and are expecting to have the station fully operational again within three weeks.

No dollar amount has been attached to the cleanup as of yet.

Police are continuing to search for the driver of the rented U-Haul truck that struck the Irving pump and caused the spill.

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BA

- July 8th, 2010 at 15:32:08

What if the police find the driver. What will they charge the driver with and under what Act. Under the Stund Act, maybe. He/she would not know that they did anything except hit the pumps. There was no gas gushing out. Irving Co. and the employees at the station are more at fault. Had no gased been pumped by any other customers prior to Irving checking to make sure there was no hidden damage, this spill would not have occured. In fact, customers complained of the smell of gas but the station attendents did nothing because Irving Co. has never trained them on what should have been done. Irving must be held accountable for this mess, not the poor sap that hit the pump and had no visual evidence he/she did any damage or caused a spill. Why didn't Irving check out the matter before another drop of gas was sold. The only time gas entered the soil was when Irving allowed the pumps to be turned on without checking out the matter at the onset. Chief Poirier, I would suggest you have your officers look into the actions by Irving and it's employees when this event took place. It is nothing short of criminal regarding the enviroment.

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BA

- July 8th, 2010 at 15:31:54

What if the police find the driver. What will they charge the driver with and under what Act. Under the Stund Act, maybe. He/she would not know that they did anything except hit the pumps. There was no gas gushing out. Irving Co. and the employees at the station are more at fault. Had no gased been pumped by any other customers prior to Irving checking to make sure there was no hidden damage, this spill would not have occured. In fact, customers complained of the smell of gas but the station attendents did nothing because Irving Co. has never trained them on what should have been done. Irving must be held accountable for this mess, not the poor sap that hit the pump and had no visual evidence he/she did any damage or caused a spill. Why didn't Irving check out the matter before another drop of gas was sold. The only time gas entered the soil was when Irving allowed the pumps to be turned on without checking out the matter at the onset. Chief Poirier, I would suggest you have your officers look into the actions by Irving and it's employees when this event took place. It is nothing short of criminal regarding the enviroment.

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