DEP: Assessment Will Start Soon
Sometime this week, the Department of Environment Protection is expected to start its complete evaluation of the damage caused by Sunday's oil spill on the Allegheny National Forest.
Freda Tarbell, DEP Community Relations Coordinator, tells WESB and The HERO "It will probably be later this week when DEP and other agencies are going to begin a full-scale biological assessment."
She says on Monday officials began seeing dead trout, shiners, amphibians and reptiles along the six miles of stream where the oil flowed.
Tarbell says "The vast majority of the impact is on the stream -- about 6 miles of stream. … Chappel Fork and Indian Run were impacted by the spill. About 2 miles of Chappel Fork were heavily polluted. The remaining four miles were moderately damaged."
"There was a slight sheen on Chappel Fork Bay, which is in the Kinzua Reservoir, but that is very, very minimal," she says.
Andrew and Christopher Horton, a father and son from Bradford, have been charged with intentionally letting more than 10,000 gallons of oil out of storage tanks on the forest.
Freda Tarbell, DEP Community Relations Coordinator, tells WESB and The HERO "It will probably be later this week when DEP and other agencies are going to begin a full-scale biological assessment."
She says on Monday officials began seeing dead trout, shiners, amphibians and reptiles along the six miles of stream where the oil flowed.
Tarbell says "The vast majority of the impact is on the stream -- about 6 miles of stream. … Chappel Fork and Indian Run were impacted by the spill. About 2 miles of Chappel Fork were heavily polluted. The remaining four miles were moderately damaged."
"There was a slight sheen on Chappel Fork Bay, which is in the Kinzua Reservoir, but that is very, very minimal," she says.
Andrew and Christopher Horton, a father and son from Bradford, have been charged with intentionally letting more than 10,000 gallons of oil out of storage tanks on the forest.
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