Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Environmental Services Division

For Immediate Release
March 28, 2007

MASON CITY DIESEL SPILL REACHES WILLOW CREEK

MEDIA CONTACT: Al Tompkins or Scott Wilson at (641) 424-4073.

MASON CITY -- Crews are cleaning up diesel fuel in Mason City
following a spill Wednesday morning.

About 25 gallons of diesel fuel spilled when a semi trailer fell off
the loading dock at Crescent Park Distributing, puncturing a 50-gallon
fuel tank. About 10 to 15 gallons of fuel reached a storm sewer that
discharges to Willow Creek. Storm sewers do not receive any type of
treatment before discharging to a stream, as they are designed to only
carry rain water and snowmelt.

A contractor is on-site to contain the spill and is pumping up the fuel
that reached Willow Creek. No fuel appears to have reached the Winnebago
River.

The DNR will continue to investigate.

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