EPA settles with Big State Logistics for three separate spills on Alaska’s Richardson Highway
- October 6, 2017
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached settlement with Big State Logistics, Inc. (“BSL”), a fuel hauler and trucking firm based in Fairbanks and Valdez, Alaska, over three separate spills on Alaska’s Richardson Highway. The spills took place in 2016, between Fairbanks and Valdez and ranged from 339 gallons to 3,571 gallons of ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel.
One spill was caused by equipment failure and the other two spills involved ice and snow packed road conditions. In each incident, BSL and its contractors responded quickly and conducted fuel recovery and clean-up actions. Following these events, the company also halted transportation of double
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