The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is investigating an oil leak that contaminated a Pittsburgh-area tributary.
A DEP spokesperson told Channel 11 Thursday that a tanker truck leaked about 1,000 gallons of D-3 oil, a binding agent similar to glue. The official did not specify when the spill happened.
The oil was found in a catch basin where the truck was parked and entered Wylie Run, a tributary of the Monongahela River, the spokesperson said. There, it sank to the bottom of the streambed.
A number of fish were reportedly found dead after the spill.
A cleanup crew is removing vegetation and other contaminated areas, the spokesperson said.
A PennDOT spokesperson provided Channel 11 with this statement:
“PennDOT is aware of an equipment leak of D-3 at the Lovedale stockpile. Once the spill was identified, PennDOT immediately engaged a specialty HAZMAT contractor for cleanup as well as DEP. Cleanup began Tuesday and is still underway. Both DEP and the PA Fish and Boat Commission are engaged and continue to investigate impacts to Wylie Run.”
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