A Feb. 29 gasoline spill from Colonial Pipeline in Dacula caused Gwinnett County emergency responders to stand at the ready, then go door-to-door to inform residents of the leak.
That spill from an underground pipe was one of 128 reported by the Alpharetta-based company to federal regulators since 2010. As The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported this month, Colonial Pipeline has had the sixth-most reported spills of 208 companies during the past six years.
Colonial operates the pipeline that leaked in Alabama earlier this month and caused fuel shortages in the Southeast.
In the Gwinnett spill, about 350 gallons of fuel leaked from an underground pipe. The leak was discovered by Colonial contract workers who noticed dead vegetation near the problem area. Firefighters applied foam in the immediate area of the leak, which occurred in a wooded area adjacent to Highway 316 and Harbins Road.
There were no impacts to ground water, according to the company's report of the event. Read more about Colonial's environmental record here.
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