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The Charleston Gazette
February 1, 2014
Freedom call to DEP: Dike is containing the material
By David Gutman
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- When a Freedom Industries employee called the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection to report the chemical leak that would contaminate the region's drinking water, he said the leaky tank's containment dike was working and he did not think any chemical would enter the river.
Bob Reynolds, the Freedom employee who called the DEP at 12:05 p.m. on Jan. 9, did not even mention the river until about five minutes into the six-and-a-half minute call, and then only when he was directly asked about it.
When Reynolds was asked by the DEP operator if the chemical was going into a creek or stream, he said, "Ah, don't know at this time. It's located right on the Elk River and right now the dike is containing the material, so we don't anticipate it going into the river."
The state Division of Homeland Security posted a recording of the call on its website Friday night... MORE