Source: David Boraks, WUNC, 11/5/20


North Carolina environmental officials say Colonial Pipeline significantly underestimated the amount of gasoline that spilled in Huntersville in August, and they've ordered the company to provide a new number. The state Department of Environmental Quality says Colonial estimates that it lost 272,580 gallons of fuel in the spill. But as of this week, 267,313 gallons had been recovered, and Colonial's reports show that workers are still recovering 3,000 to 5,000 gallons of gasoline per day in the area.

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