doubletaper
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Joined: 10/15/2007
From: clarion, pa
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still a lot of trout around i bet. i wanted to get out more this past summer but did so well on the clarion for trout and smallies i never made it up.
i might try to hit it this weekend in a couple of places.
last i fished it i did well in the morning and evening!
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there was some kind of oil spill up around mayburg a week ago but they claim no fish were lost.
Police probing oil spilled into Tionesta Cr.
630 gallons of crude spread over 21 miles
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Photo courtesy of the Oil City Derrick, Jerry Sowden
An unidentified man checks on the oil spill recovery device at the confluence of Hastings Run and Tionesta Creek Monday afternoon in Howe Township, Forest County.
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Police are investigating an oil spill in northern Forest County.
Oil from a tank battery near Mayburg, Howe Township, was seen 21 miles down Tionesta Creek, a high-quality trout stream, this weekend after some of the tanks' valves were opened.
According to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Pennsylvania State Police in Tionesta were contacted at about 10 a.m. Sunday.
According to state police, the incident was initially classified as a case of criminal mischief. After investigating, police were told that a temporary repair device that had been installed at the site had failed. "It is unknown if the failure was caused by an act of nature or by an unknown actor," police wrote.
DEP Spokesperson Freda Tarbell said 630 gallons of crude oil were released this weekend from a tank battery that is the property of Duhring Resources of Sheffield.
According to police, the release took place between 3:30 p.m. Friday and 10:30 a.m. Sunday.
The tank battery is located within a few hundred yards of Hastings Run, a tributary of Tionesta Creek, Tarbell said.
"After the crude was released, it ran along the ground, some of it collected in a storm water basin," Tarbell said. "Some of it continued going into a roadside ditch and found its way to Hastings Run."
She said about 200 gallons reached Hastings Run.
"The crude got into the tributary and into Tionesta Creek," she said. "A sheen was evident" at three locations on Tionesta Creek.
The sheen was reported at Mayburg, seven miles downstream, at Kelletville, about 11 miles downstream, and at Nebraska Bridge, 21 miles away, Tarbell said.
Cleanup efforts by Duhring Resources included the placement of absorbent booms and pads and the use of a vacuum truck, Tarbell said.
"Duhring has brought in a cleanup crew," Tarbell said. "They are cleaning up the creek and Hastings Run. They have booms and pads all along the creek."
There are also cleanup operations at Mayburg and Nebraska Bridge, she said.
Tarbell said DEP officials have reported no dead fish so far as a result of the release.
The tanks in the battery were capable of holding 150 barrels of crude each, Tarbell said. At 42 gallons per barrel, that's more than 6,000 gallons per tank. She said the incident could have resulted in much more damage if the tanks had been full.
Cherry Grove Volunteer Fire Department participated in the clean-up effort.
< Message edited by doubletaper -- 10/30/2009 2:07:05 PM >
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