spill

The Oxford American College Dictionary;      357 words ...spill 1 / spil / • v. ( past and past part. spilled or spilt...over the edge of its container, esp. unintentionally: you'll spill that coffee if you're not careful | figurative azaleas spilled...people) move out of somewhere quickly: students began to spill out of the building. ∎  ...

3,300-GALLON FUEL SPILL CONFINED TO OLYMPIC PROPERTY.(News)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  August 31, 1999 ;     372 words ...Crews were cleaning up a fuel spill of more than 3,300 gallons yesterday near...Line Co.'s headquarters in Renton. The spill, caused by a faulty pump, was limited to...officials had no indication yesterday that the spill contaminated ground water, said Ron Langley...

Ever-evolving Built to Spill is built to last

The Boston Globe;  May 24, 1999 ;     541 words ...BUILT TO SPILL With Delusions At: The Middle East Downstairs...Doug Martsch, guitarist-singer of Built to Spill, is that kind of guy. Jim Roth, singer-guitarist...Seattle-based Delusions, joined Built to Spill midway through its sold-out gig at the Middle...

EPA Joins Search for Source of Fairfax Oil Spill; Colonial Tank Farm...

The Washington Post;  May 31, 1991 ;     624 words ......this week into a large underground oil spill that has been spreading mysteriously beneath...been trying to determine the source of the spill, which has area residents worried about...of vapors in houses. But, they said, the spill migrating through the soil under houses...

Increased Airline Industry Passenger Traffic Should Spill Over to Other...

M2 Presswire;  April 6, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Passenger Traffic Should Spill Over to Other Industries...This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of...as amended and such forward-looking statements are made pursuant to...Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking ...

Owensboro, Ky.-Area Firm Says Chemical Spill Posed No Risk to...

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  September 1, 2000 ;     644 words ...Sep. 1--A spill of 1,500 to 2,000 gallons of hazardous hexane...colorless liquid with a gasoline-like odor. The spill resulted in no injuries, no evacuations...according to a state report on the incident. The spill occurred in a remote area of the plant...

Exxon Valdez Spill

Earth Explorer;      672 words ......Lingering Concerns Over the Exxon Valdez Spill Normally, thousands of sea birds swoop...chief who lives near the sound. An Oil Spill and What Happened After But on March 24...was the site of the largest oil tanker spill in U.S. history. One of the great tankers...

Officials to assess damage from slurry spill: ; UMW chief says company...

Charleston Daily Mail;  June 21, 2001 ;     550 words ......start assessing how much damage a slurry spill near Madison caused. Joe Hager, an inspector...Creek even though it was a significant spill. "It was pretty heavy," he said. Officials...of Massey Energy Co., told the state the spill started about 9 a.m. Tuesday even though...

Silent Spill: The Organization of an Industrial Crisis

Environmental History;  April 1, 2003 ;     546 words ...Silent Spill: The Organization of an Industrial Crisis...Prince William Sound, Alaska, the resulting spill was calamitous. Images of birds and seals...the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. Today the spill is recognized as one of the worst events...

SA: Oil spill 10 times bigger now 270,000 litres

AAP General News (Australia);  July 2, 1999 ;     375 words ......General News (Australia) 07-02-1999 SA: Oil spill 10 times bigger now 270,000 litres By Sherrill Nixon ADELAIDE, July 2 AAP - An oil spill off the coast of Adelaide is 10 times worse...litres of oil leaked into the sea. When the spill occurred early on Monday morning, the original...

Lawsuit filed over 2003 gas spill.

Athens Banner-Herald (Athens, GA);  August 9, 2005 ;     512 words ......companies over an August 2003 gasoline spill in Hunnicutt Creek. The lawsuit, filed...property was damaged by the Aug. 10, 2003, spill of more than 6,000 gallons from storage...and their owner, Glenn Rusty David. The spill was one of the largest in Clarke County...

SPILL CLOSES LICKING OFFICIALS SEEK ORIGIN OF SHEEN.(NEWS)

The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY);  June 18, 1996 ;     329 words ......Hicks, Post staff reporter A petroleum spill that stretched at least 4 miles from the...the U.S. Coast Guard sought to find the spill's origins. An absorbant boom was floated across the Licking's mouth to contain the spill and keep it out of the Ohio River, but...

Washington state panel lists new steps for oil-spill readiness.

The Seattle Times (Seattle, Washington) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  December 7, 2004 ;     612 words ......first critical hours of a significant oil spill, the government must be more aggressive in pursuing reports of the spill, better prepared to guide cleanup efforts...wake of the October Dalco Passage oil spill that hit 21 miles of South Puget Sound...

As Oil-Spill Cleanup Winds Down, Damage and Fears Remain

The Washington Post;  September 10, 1989 ;     700+ words ...Nearly six months after the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the cobblestone beach at Sleepy Bay is...an environmental consultant overseeing spill studies for the Alaska Department of Environmental...the precautions in place to prevent {the spill} from occurring, we didn't have the capability...

THOSE ON CLEANUP DOUBT SPILL ESTIMATE SOME SAY BARGE LEAKED TWICE AS MUCH...

The Boston Globe;  May 17, 2003 ;     500 words ......volunteers cleaning up last month's oil spill in Buzzards Bay suspect that the damaged...remarkable amount of contamination for a spill estimated at 14,700 gallons. A source close to the investigation said the April 28 oil spill could be more than twice that large. "We...