Article: Illinois EPA refers gas spill to attorney general's office.

Byline: Ron Ingram

Jun. 23--HARRISTOWN -- The spill of more than 148,000 gallons of gasoline from Buckeye Partners LP's Harristown storage terminal on June 12 has been turned over to the Illinois Attorney General's Office for possible enforcement action. Doug Scott, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency director, asked the attorney general's office on Thursday to look into the spill. The decision to request enforcement assistance is based on the large volume of gasoline released into the environment and the potential to contaminate the soil and the groundwater, which could adversely affect nearby private and public drinking water supplies, the Illinois ...

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