State officials recommend the public avoid contact with the water and use judgment recreating in areas downstream.
A spill at the BHT Resources facility in Bessemer has released an undisclosed volume of grease and animal fat material into Valley Creek, a Black Warrior River tributary.
“There’s yellowish, orange, brown fatty solids all over the ground that poured out of their wastewater ponds next to the creek, through the woods and into Valley Creek,” Brooke told AL.com. Battle said ADEM emergency response personnel have been on scene since Sunday and are overseeing cleanup operations. Battle said contractors hired by BHT have placed downstream of the spill and have “physically removed most of the material from Valley Creek.”, collecting used cooking oil and grease to be recycled into animal feed or other products. The company has recognizable black grease collection bins located behind restaurants and other facilities throughout the Southeast.
Battle said that remediation of the wooded area where the spill happened will continue with ADEM’s oversight, and that the company was advised to install containment measures to prevent more waste material from entering the creek during rain storms expected over the next several days.
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