[CPEO-MEF] FUEL: Colonial Pipeline facility, Pelham, AL

[Lenny Siegel]

Contaminated groundwater under Colonial Pipeline facility not impacting drinking water

by Brian Pia
ABC 33/40 (Birmingham, AL)
February 4, 2020

	• State documents show that gasoline from the Colonial Pipeline facility in Pelham, Ala., contaminated the groundwater under the facility with chemicals more than 10 years ago - and some of those levels are still too high.
	• We found a December 30th letter from the Alabama Department of Environmental Management to the Colonial Pipeline Company on ADEM’s website.
	• It discusses three chemicals of potential concern in the groundwater under Colonial’s Pelham facility.

The Colonial Pipeline facility in Pelham is a well-known landmark off I-65. According to documents we found on ADEM’s website, an environmental consulting firm conducted semi-annual groundwater monitoring last September at the facility and issued a report in December.

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The Colonial Pipeline delivers gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, home heating oil and fuel for the U.S. military through a pipeline that stretches from Texas, through Alabama ,to New Jersey.

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For the entire article, see
https://abc3340.com/news/abc-3340-news-iteam/contaminated-groundwater-under-colonial-pipeline-pelham-facility-not-impacting-drinking-w

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Lenny Siegel
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