A public meeting held Tuesday evening by R. Marley, LLC, the trucking company responsible for the spill and cleanup of hundreds to thousands of gallons of emulsified oil on N.M 15 last month, turned into a three-hour face-off with a crowd of visibly angry members of the public. In addition to representatives of the trucking company, the meeting included staffers from the New Mexico Environment Department, New Mexico State Police, …
After more than a week of official inaction, the New Mexico Environment Department has taken over the cleanup of hundreds of gallons of emulsified oil that spilled from an overturned tanker truck Sept. 26. The spilled oil, destined for a postponed state chip seal project on the highway, flowed down an intermittent tributary and into Jaybird Canyon. “NMED is working with [trucking company] R. Marley LLC, the U.S. Forest Service, …