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Trucking Company To Pay For Cleanup Of Gasoline Spill

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By JOHN CEBALLOS, The Tampa Tribune

Published: November 25, 2007

TAMPA - As the cleanup of more than 8,800 gallons of gasoline from a spill Friday near the Port of Tampa continues, Tampa Fire Rescue knows who's footing the bill.

Bill Wade, Tampa Fire Rescue captain, said Florida Rock and Tank Lines will pay for the cleanup, which is expected to take several days.

At 12:30 p.m. Friday, one of the company's tanker trucks overturned at Maritime Boulevard and 20th Street. The driver, Oliver Pina, 35, of Lakeland, was taken to Tampa General Hospital with minor injuries.
Environmental workers used floating barricades to contain the gasoline, most of which had spilled into a nearby retention pond. None of the gasoline made it into Tampa Bay, and the road was reopened Friday night.

But the portion of Maritime at the intersection with 20th Street remained barricaded Saturday afternoon, and the smell of gasoline remained pungent.

Crews from SWS First Response, a private hazardous material cleanup company based in Panama City, were on site to siphon the fuel into a nearby tanker.

The contaminated soil surrounding the pond will be excavated during the next few days, but Wade said it will take several days to assess the environmental damage and the cost of the cleanup.

Reporter Mike Wells contributed to this report. Reporter John Ceballos can be reached at (813) 865-1555 or jceballos@

tampatrib.com.

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