The provincial government says it has ordered the company, which owns a transport truck which overturned on the Burin Peninsula Highway last month, to hire a registered site professional to remediate the area.
Nancy Barrington, lives nearby in Swift Current and says about 700 litres of diesel fuel spilled from the rig and is now seeping into the ocean.
The Department of Digital Government and Service NL says the polluter, Ollie Transportation, is aware of its responsibility to clean up the area.
Photo via Facebook
The cleanup had begun but government then noticed that the work was not progressing as it should have been. A ministerial order was issued last week requiring the polluter to take all steps necessary to control, eliminate, remedy or prevent an adverse effect on the environment.
When the site is remediated to the department’s satisfaction, a clearance document will be sent to the polluter.
Barrington is wondering who is going to clean up the diesel fuel—and when.
An absorbent material left behind near the waterfront – photo via Facebook
She says the cleanup came to an abrupt end prematurely. She has gone through every potential party involved and cannot find out why the fuel is not being cleaned up. She feels the environment department should clean up the site first, then ask questions later rather than wait for the insurance and legal process to play out.
“It’s really frustrating because it’s my property and it should be an environmental emergency. I want to know who’s going to clean this up and what’s going to happen,” she said.
