Was there no containment surrounding these tanks ?
From news pix, it doesn’t look like it.
If I owned a bulk liquids facility of any kind on a lake or river, I’d make it job 1.
“4-methylcyclohexane methanol is not toxic, much less carcinogenic.
4-methylcyclohexane methanol, was not toxic, according to those with the DEP. “The DEP has what they call an ‘objectionable’ level, it means it’s uncomfortable, it would not be pleasant at a certain odor threshold or a certain parts per million and it did reach that,” said C.W. Sigman, Kanawha County’s fire coordinator.”
As usual there is a tsunami of incorrect information here, add on dem/lib “Sky is Falling” and an opening to poke the coal industry and a small conservative company.
I have been to the “plant”, which not anything more than a barge to truck transfer facility. The chemical storage does have spill containment, but as with any “spill containment” it could not contain a whole tank full.
Have not talked with them regarding this incident, but in all likelihood the leak occurred during transfer from barge to land tanks or from storage tank to truck. The quantity probably was not massive before plant personnel shut it down.
These are good hard working conservative folks who have carved out a niche market supplying essential products.