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BNSF Railway Co., has agreed to pay $140,000 for alleged Clean Water Act violations for discharging oil and fuel in the North Platte River near Guernsey two years ago, according to a news release from the Denver office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The company allegedly violated the Clean Water Act on Feb. 4, 2019, by discharging 5,900 gallons of diesel fuel and and 800 gallons of lubricating oil in Wendover Canyon northwest of Guernsey.
The discharges occurred due to a derailment of three locomotives and five rail cars owned by BNSF. Two locomotives were the sources of the fuel and oil.
BNSF reported the spill to the National Response Center and an EPA on-scene coordinator was sent to the spill site.
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