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Summary Information Date of Spill: 5:00pm April 25, 2000 - 5:00am April 26, 2000 Location: Reiger Chicken Farm, Buck Road, Centralia, Washington Product/Quantity: 2,000 - 5,000 gallons of Waste Oil Cause: operator error, pump left running resulting in overflow-spill |
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Description of Situation: Pump which is used to transfer waste oil to from a large storage tank to a smaller tank was left running. As a result the smaller tank overflowed, the waste oil spilled across a meadow and consequently into a tributary which enters Lincoln creek. The pump was shut off, and booms were put in place to reduce impact from the oil.
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