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September 12, 2017

Texas: Harvey Triggered Spill of a Half-Million Gallons of Gasoline
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In Texas, authorities say Hurricane Harvey is responsible for causing
nearly a half-million gallons of gasoline to spill from two storage
tanks-marking the largest spill so far from the devastating storm. The
460,000 gallons were released from a petroleum tank farm operated by
Magellan Midstream Partners in Galena Park, Texas, just east of Houston.
Some of the spilled gasoline contaminated a waterway alongside the
Houston Ship Channel. Hurricane Harvey killed 70 people and caused
widespread environmental contamination. The Center for Biological
Diversity reports flooded oil refineries and chemical plants released as
much as 5 million pounds of pollutants into the air during the storm.


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