Comment Sought On Wwp Cleanup Plan

Wed., Aug. 28, 1996

From Staff And Wire Reports

The state Department of Ecology is seeking public response to a proposed cleanup plan for Washington Water Power Co.’s underground oil spill in downtown Spokane.

The spill resulted from leaks in fuel tanks at the utility’s defunct steam plant between First and Second, and Lincoln and Post.

At least 75,000 gallons of the thick oil spilled from the tanks and seeped toward First Avenue and the Davenport Hotel.

The state plans to require that WWP close off all underground tanks, monitor the spill and contain the oil with an underground dam along First Avenue.

The state’s proposal is similar to the cleanup the utility itself suggested.

The public comment period began Monday and continues through Oct. 24.

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