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<\/a>The house was acquired by the Department of Highways and was scheduled for demolition to make way for the US 522 bypass. The construction firm in charge is Trumbull Construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Daniel Watts of the West Virginia Department of Highways told Morgan County USA<\/em> that \u201cthere is a belief that the spill was the result of an act of vandalism.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection has been notified of the spill, Watts said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Trumbull Corporation was awarded a $59.8 million contract in October 2020 to build the four-lane US 522 bypass around Berkeley Springs, from just south of Berkeley Springs to WV 9. The project includes three bridges, three intersections and a new interchange with WV 9. <\/p>\n\n\n Trumbull called in Miller Environmental to mitigate damage from the spill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFuel did run out of the tank, onto the ground, and it did make it\u2019s way into a stream,\u201d Watts said. \u201cI believe they have oil booms and other devices to filter out that fuel oil.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Watts said he didn’t know how much heating oil spilled onto the ground and into the waterway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" An unknown amount of heating oil spilled earlier this week from a tank at a house on Biser Street in Berkeley Springs into the surrounding soil and into Yellow Spring Run, which runs parallel to Route 9. The house was … Continue reading <\/a>