"Natural-gas liquid is gushing near a Colorado creek, and nobody can figure out how to stop it"

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1. Creek spill is 'status quo', company says. Some locals unhappy about lack of public notification

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

PARACHUTE, Colorado — A spokeswoman for Williams Midstream, the company in charge of what some believe is a ruptured pipeline along Parachute Creek north of here, said on Tuesday that there was “nothing new to report” about a hydrocarbon spill four miles north of here next to Parachute Creek.

“Everything is status quo,” added Williams' spokeswoman Donna Gray, explaining that the actual source of the plume had not been located.

Todd Hartman, communications official for the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission — which oversees the industry — said that as of late Tuesday the crews had vacuumed 10 additional barrels of “oil” from the spill site that day.

That brings the amount of what he termed “oil” vacuumed from the site to a total of 139 barrels, or 5,800 gallons, according to Hartman.
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link: http://www.postindependent.com/article/20130320/VALLEYNEWS/130319863/1083&ParentProfile=1074