Shoddy disposal work mars oil cleanup

[trof]

(Too late for LBN)

ORANGE BEACH, Ala. (AP) - A leaky truck filled with oil-stained sand and absorbent boom soaked in crude pulls away from the beach, leaving tar balls in a public parking lot and a messy trail of sand and water on the main beach road. A few miles away, brown liquid drips out of a disposal bin filled with polluted sand.

BP PLC's work to clean up the mess from the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history already has generated more than 1,300 tons of solid waste, and companies it hired to dispose of the material say debris is being handled professionally and carefully.

A spot check of several container sites by The Associated Press, however, found that's not always the case.
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Cleaning up a spill is an undeniably messy job, particularly when crude oil or tar balls are washing ashore in varying amounts in four states. The debris isn't classified as hazardous waste, so it can be placed in landfills that accept ordinary household garbage, including table scraps.
http://www.fox10tv.com/dpps/living_green/national_green/ap-check-shoddy-disposal-work-mars-oil-cleanup-nt10-jgr_3449395

Not hazardous waste.
Unh hunh.
Yeah, right.
:eyes:

[Greyskye]

1. Moving the problem around. Lovely.

More criminal behavior from BP - ethically criminal if not legally. :(

[zabet]

2. Not hazardous waste?

Explain to me then why one of our jobs can be shut down if one of the pieces of equipment (bulldozer or excavator) is leaking oil or fluids on the ground? Plus we are made to remove the contaminated soil, drum it, dispose of it to a facility that handles such....and replace the soil that was removed. I was told in Hazwopper(?sp) training that one is responsible for stuff like this from 'the cradle to the grave'....meaning that BP drilled the well....and the spill is theirs...until the contaminated area is restored....they have not done what they are supposed to do.

Oh wait....I am a small person...not a corporate demigod that makes up their own rules.