Imperial Oil reports small diesel leak into river in Ontario
"Containment booms have been deployed in the St. Clair River... The leak source was quickly isolated, and confirmed stopped at 10:00 p.m.," Imperial said.
Imperial was not immediately available to comment on the volume of the release.
Recovery and clean-up efforts are ongoing, and the sheen is fully contained, Imperial said, adding precautionary down river water quality monitoring has been conducted, and no detectable levels of hydrocarbon have been observed.
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