Diesel spill cleaned up

NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard reported that clean-up operations of a 500-gallon diesel-fuel spill on the Mississippi River near Reserve, La., were completed Jan. 3. A Custom Fuel Services’ tank barge reportedly discharged 500 gallons of fuel into the river during a diesel transfer near the 137 mile marker on Jan. 2. Environmental Safety and Health assisted in clean-up operations and all of discharged fuel was recovered or had dissipated. The cause of the incident is under investigation. (Coast Guard 01/03/17)