Montana News: AP-MT-TankerCrashCleanu

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     KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) _ Cleanup continues at the site of last
week‘s tanker truck rollover that spilled thousands of gallons of
gasoline near Finley Point, near the south end of Flathead Lake.

     The water in the lake is 2,000 feet from its high-water
shoreline, and no liquid gasoline has been found between the
highway and the lake. But booms have been placed on the water, in
case gasoline seeps through the surrounding soil.

     And gasoline vapors have been found in two nearby springs,
forcing crews to collect the spring water in cisterns, and filter
the vapors out, before allowing the water to flow into the lake.

     Carey Cooley, with the Lake County Office of Emergency Services,
says crews have removed contaminated soil containing about 1,000
gallons of gasoline. Cooley says that still leaves more than 5,000
gallons of fuel unaccounted for.

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     Information from: Daily Inter Lake,
http://www.dailyinterlake.com

     

     (Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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