Steel Dynamics Inc. will pay a fine of $71,450 from a fuel oil spill in February 2014 at its Roanoke, Virginia mill, according to local media.
The oil, which discharged into soil, was later estimated to total about 10,000 gallons, according to a consent order from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. Containment and cleanup recovered about 9,200 gallons of fuel oil, according to Steel Dynamics, which hired W.E.L. Inc. Environmental Services to conduct the cleanup.
“We estimate a minimal amount of fuel reached the creek, since the latest report indicates practically all of the oil released has been recovered,” said Joe Crawford, vice president and general manager of Steel Dynamics Roanoke Bar Division, in a statement to media.
The oil, which discharged into soil, was later estimated to total about 10,000 gallons, according to a consent order from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. Containment and cleanup recovered about 9,200 gallons of fuel oil, according to Steel Dynamics, which hired W.E.L. Inc. Environmental Services to conduct the cleanup.
“We estimate a minimal amount of fuel reached the creek, since the latest report indicates practically all of the oil released has been recovered,” said Joe Crawford, vice president and general manager of Steel Dynamics Roanoke Bar Division, in a statement to media.
“There is no estimate, as no significant quantity was ever recovered from Peters Creek, and the only substantiation that it reached Peters Creek was a slight sheen,” said DEQ spokesman Bill Hayden.
The fuel oil was stored in two above-ground tanks that have since been removed. The spill source was believed to be a line beneath a building slab.