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Tangipahoa officials say cleanup at Smitty’s site ongoing; river reopenings limited
Summary
Parish President Robbie Miller told the Tangipahoa Parish Council on Sept. 8 that cleanup crews have removed large volumes of oil and contaminated material from ponds and the river near the Smitty’s site but that portions of the river and some roads remain closed while work continues.
Parish President Robbie Miller told the Tangipahoa Parish Council on Sept. 8 that crews continuing response and cleanup work at the Smitty’s site have removed substantial quantities of oil and contaminated materials from ponds and the Tangipahoa River.
Miller said crews have been hauling product off the site and working around the clock where they can safely light and access ponds. “Yesterday, just in the last 24 hours, they pulled right at 50 short of 1,500 barrels of product off the site, off the ponds,” Miller said. He later said, “We’re well over 3,000,000…
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