According to a press release, the fishing vessel Jack M. reported an equipment malfunction that spilled an unknown quanity of diesel fuel into the harbor.
According to a press release, the fishing vessel Jack M. reported an equipment malfunction that spilled an unknown quanity of diesel fuel into the harbor.
Fairhaven I-195 Rollover Crash Sends One to Hospital
FAIRHAVEN A rollover crash on I-195 in Fairhaven Monday afternoon sent one person to the hospital.
At approximately 2:30 p.m. this afternoon, Engine 3 and Medic 1 from the Fairhaven Fire Department responded to a motor vehicle crash on I-195 westbound in the area of mile marker 28, close to the Fairhaven-Mattapoisett town line.
According to Fairhaven Fire Department public information officer Lt. Paul Correia, two vehicles were involved, one with minor damage and the second with heavy damage resulting from rolling over and eventually catching fire. Engine 3 extinguished the fire, and Correia said the driver of that vehicle was treated and transported to Rhode Island Hospital in stable condition.
NEW BEDFORD The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is in its final years of cleaning up one of the nation s largest Superfund sites, the New Bedford Harbor, say agency officials.
The EPA held a public meeting Wednesday evening with about 25 members of the public and local government in virtual attendance. Last year, the agency finished underwater dredging, completed shoreline remediation of certain zones, closed cleaning facilities, and planted salt marshes.
This year, the agency will continue shoreline remediation and salt marsh planting along the Upper Harbor on both the New Bedford and Fairhaven sides.
Contingent on funding, the EPA should complete site cleanup in four to five years, said agency Remedial Project Manager David Dickerson in an interview with the Standard-Times.