Cleanup at Ector Drum site eyed for November finish
EPA and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality investigators traced ownership to Randy Beard of Odessa after a 2010s cleanup began. Beards’ comments were not offered, while EPA officials stressed cooperative work and noted no proven harm or immediate danger. The threat priorities are groundwater contamination and potential fire from thousands of barrels, with the cleanup expected to run into fall and cost near 2 million dollars. A dozen workers collected samples as residential development grows north of the site.
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Odess a site cleanup of abandoned oil drums eyed by EPA
City of Odessa workers found abandoned oil drums near the Old Course neighborhood while inspecting storm water runoff in 2014. EPA teams sorted drums and began a time critical cleanup, with seven figure costs expected, as the TCEQ and EPA pursue action.
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