The devastation from an oil spill in Mayflower 11 years ago is one step closer to being resolved with a settlement proposed between Arkansas agencies and Exxon Mobil Pipeline Co. in federal court Monday.
The devastation from an oil spill in Mayflower 11 years ago is one step closer to being resolved with a settlement proposed between Arkansas agencies and Exxon Mobil Pipeline Co. in federal court Monday.
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In the ten years since the spill, the Mayflower community has dealt with health issues, raised environmental concerns, and posed questions to the pipeline industry.
almost a year ago, last march 29th when this happened. when an exxonmobil pipeline burst under the ground in mayflower, arkansas. when it burst, it suddenly became very, very, very clear how much of a mess they were in. that massive spill caused exxon to shut down the whole length of its pegasus pipeline which runs not just through arkansas, it runs all the way through illinois, all the way down into the gulf coast, all the way down to texas. that spill more than just shut down mayflower, arkansas. exxon ended up buying out some of the people who lived in the zone. exxon embarked on and paid for a solid year of dirty, toxic cleanup work in mayflower, arkansas. as of this weekend according to the arkansas democrat gazette exxonmobil said they re done, all taken care of. completed the cleanup of