Saturday, April 23, 2016

Genoa, sells dam the stream containment Polcevera: risk of more oil into the sea – Il Sole 24 Ore

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This article was published April 23, 2016 at 10:58.
the last change is the April 23, 2016 at 13:52.

a containment dam on the Polcevera, created to contain the oil spill from a pipeline of ‘ pipeline Iplom last Sunday, succumbed due to rising water level of the course due to the rains. Another bank was opened by technicians to ensure that the water level in the creek is it raised further. Now the risk is that more oil can get into the sea. Genoa Mayor Marco Doria, however, appeared optimistic: “Presumably the oil at sea is what came out in the early hours of the accident to Iplom” last Sunday, said entering the prefecture where a technical committee is going to the emergency . The mayor stressed that “oceanic containment booms have held.”

Delrio: delicate situation but under control
“As confirms the Port of Genoa the situation of the spills is delicate but under control. Work is underway to restore the reefs and you’re building a security cordon. The whole day will be constantly monitored. ” So in a statement the Minister of Infrastructure, Graziano Delrio.

Minister Galletti send two ships
Meanwhile, Environment Minister Gian Luca Galletti ordered in the meantime the movement of the fleet Castalia means of Livorno (Tito) and Civitavecchia ( Ievoli shuttle) in the sea, between the Genoese and the Savona area affected by the discharge of oil, as observed from satellite images, connected with the accident in the pipeline Iplom Valpolcevera.

oily strip of 2 km in the sea
Some hydrocarbon stains were detected at sea by satellite between Genoa, Savona and Imperia. He said the Admiral Commander of the Harbour John Pettorino at the end of the technical committee meeting in the prefecture. In Loano (Savona), the admiral said, “the patrol has identified a strip of 2 km wide 500 meters clotted material ‘. The patches are heading towards Ponente and it was specified that can not be attributed to the failure of the barrier occurred this morning on the Polcevera.

SindacoDoria: there is more oil in the sea
“Presumably the oil at sea is what came out in the early hours of the accident at Iplom” occurred last Sunday, he had already assured the mayor of Genoa, Marco Doria entering the prefecture for a technical committee to the emergency. Previously the assesorre Crivello civil protection Gianni Crivello had spoken of a “complicated situation”, admitting to not placing any “how much crude will end up in the sea.” Liguria is on the yellow alert was declared (the lowest) to the rain, which now falls abundant in Genoa compared to a few hours ago. With the proclamation of local emergency you can take initiatives on behalf of the beaches that could be invested by oil slicks. Mobilized boats and rafts to recover crude oil ended up in the sea. Crude after finishing on Pegli beach yesterday also appeared in the western sea, in Savona.

Iplom: already collected 2,000 tons
In Genoa continued tirelessly in recent days the works for the oil removal that Sunday evening invaded the river bed Polcevera and the canals Pianego and Fegino, ending up partly in the sea, following the rupture of a pipeline pipeline Iplom refinery Busalla. 45 operators are engaged in transactions with 29 vacuum trucks. In the last hours were made also two new 2 sifonate dams along the Polcevera stream, one of about 500 meters upstream and about 100 meters downstream of the previously built in the front of the Ikea shopping center.



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