http://www.timescolonist.com/oil-spill-damage-at-colquitz-creek-minimized-by-fast-response-1.760186
This is getting ridiculous. It seems like once a month or so our salmon bearing streams are being poisoned by heating oil leaks. At least this one was caught early.
Time for a solution. We should be moving to gas or electric heat in the CRD.
Some possible steps:
A survey of all properties with 4 blocks of each stream to identify, drain/remove/cleanup old unused oil tanks at property owners expense.
A requirement for property owners to remove tanks as soon as they are no longer in use.
A mandatory inspection program of all active oil tanks and fuel lines every 6 months at owners expense with the capacity to order repairs or replacement. Replacements should be with gas or electric heat.
Require owners of oil tanks to carry expensive insurance not only to cover the cost of cleanup but also lost fish runs and damage to creeks and streams. In my view they are worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not millions.
Ban the installation of future oil furnaces and tanks in the CRD starting with those within 4 blocks of streams and creeks. It should be gas or electric heat only.
This is getting ridiculous. It seems like once a month or so our salmon bearing streams are being poisoned by heating oil leaks. At least this one was caught early.
Time for a solution. We should be moving to gas or electric heat in the CRD.
Some possible steps:
A survey of all properties with 4 blocks of each stream to identify, drain/remove/cleanup old unused oil tanks at property owners expense.
A requirement for property owners to remove tanks as soon as they are no longer in use.
A mandatory inspection program of all active oil tanks and fuel lines every 6 months at owners expense with the capacity to order repairs or replacement. Replacements should be with gas or electric heat.
Require owners of oil tanks to carry expensive insurance not only to cover the cost of cleanup but also lost fish runs and damage to creeks and streams. In my view they are worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not millions.
Ban the installation of future oil furnaces and tanks in the CRD starting with those within 4 blocks of streams and creeks. It should be gas or electric heat only.
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