Officials investigate illegal oil dumping at Arrowhead Mountain Lake
Fire officials say as much as 20 gallons of motor oil was dumped near the shoreline
Updated: 11:22 PM EDT Aug 30, 2021
Brianna Borghi
FOR UNRELATED CHARGES. THEY'RE DUE IN COURTwo t weeks. OVER THE WEEKEND. .. EMERGENCY CREWS RESPONDED TO AN illegal OIL DUMPING IN A VERMONT LA. KE STATE POLICE and the VERMONT AGENCY OF NATURAL RESOURCES... are trying to figure out who did it. NBC5'S BRIANNA BORGHI is LIVE in the newsroom.. with more. THOSE EMERGENCY CREWS CONTAINED MOST OF THE SPILL ON SUNDAY. THERE'S STILL SOME OIL AND MATERIALS LEFT BEHIND... AND TOY.DA.. BOATERS I spoke to say... they NOTICED SOMETHING WAS OFF. <STEVE ROBERG/ATER: BO "CAME OUT TODAY AND NOW WE SEE ALL THIS WHITE STUFF ALL OVER AND AS WE CAME IN WE SAW SOME FILM ONHE T WATER RIGHT THERE."> STEVE ROBERG HAS BEEN TAKING HIS BOAT TO ARROWHEAD MOUNTAIN LAKE FOR A YEAR AND A HALF... BUT THIS OING UTWAS DIFFERENT. <STEVE ROBERG/BOATER: "WE DID SEE A DEAD FISH OVER THERE THOUGH AND NORMALLY YOU DON'T SEE A LOT OF DEAD FISH HERE."> FIRE OFFICIALS believe... AS MUCH AS áá20 GALLONS OF MOTOR OIL WAS DUMPED INTO THE LAKE BY THE LAMOILLE RIVER INLET. Crews from Milton and Georgia got there early Sunday morning... and tried to contain it. Now - hazmat contractors have takenve or. <STEVE ROBERG/BOATER: "THERE'S PLACES TO GET R ID OF IT OTHER THAN THE WATS ER AND KILLING FISH."> PLACES LIKE O'REILLY AUTO PARTS. <PATRICK CLARK/OEI'RLLY AUTO PARTS DISTRICT MANAGER: "ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS WALK IT INTO THE STO, RE WE TAKE CARE OF IT FROM THERE."> PATRICK CLARK who works at O'reilly says.. IT'S EASY...AND FREE...TO DROP OFF YOUR OIL... INSTEAOFD DUMPING IT SOMEWHERE ILLEGALLY. <PATRICK CLARK/O'REILLY AUTO PARTS DISTRICT MANAGER: "I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY SOMEONE WOULD THINK THAT'S THE WAY TO GET RID OF IT. WE RECYCLE MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF OIL BETWEEN EVERY LOCATION AND IT'S VERY RARE THAT WE HAVE TO TURN IT AWAY." AND IT MAKES A BIG IMPACT. <PATRICK CLARK/O'REILLY AUTO PARTS DISTRICT MAGENAR: "IT'S DEFINITELY IMPORTANT TO RECYCLE OIL BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT IT ENDING UP IN PONDS OR LAKES OR STREAMS AND WE DON'T WANT IT CONTAMINATING SOIL SO YOU'RE COMING HERE TO GET NEW OIL, SO WHY NOT BRING WHAT YOU USED LAST TIME."> FIRE OFFICIALS SAY YOU SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM E TH WHITE BOOMS ... AND AVOID ANY AREAS WHERE YOU CAN SEE AN OILY FI OLMN THE TOP OF THE WAT. ER THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE INCIDENT SHOULD CONTACT VERMONT STATE POLICE OR THE VERMONT AGENCY OF NATURAL RESOURCES. IN THE NEWSROOM. BRIANNA BO
Over the weekend, emergency crews responded to an illegal oil dumping in a Vermont lake. Vermont State Police and the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources are trying to figure out who did it. The emergency crews contained most of the spill on Sunday, but there's still some oil and materials left behind. On Monday, boaters said they noticed something was off. "We came out today and now we see all this white stuff all over and as we came in we saw some film on the water right there," said Steve Roberge of Cambridge, Vermont.Roberge has been taking his boat to Arrowhead Mountain Lake for a year-and-a-half, but this outing was different."We did see a dead fish over there though and normally you don't see a lot of dead fish here," Roberge said.Fire officials said they think as much as 20 gallons of motor oil was dumped into the lake by the Lamoille River Inlet. Crews from Milton and Georgia got there early Sunday morning and tried to contain it. Now, HAZMAT contractors have taken over."There's places to get rid of it other than the waters and killing fish," Roberge said.Those places include businesses such as O'Reilly Auto Parts."All they have to do is walk it into the store, we take care of it from there," said Patrick Clark, district manager at O'Reilly Auto Parts. Clark said it's easy and free to drop off your oil instead of dumping it somewhere illegally."I don't understand why someone would think that's the way to get rid of it. we recycle millions of gallons of oil between every location and it's very rare that we have to turn it away," Clark said.And it makes a big impact."It's definitely important to recycle oil because we don't want it ending up in ponds or lakes or streams and we don't want it contaminating soil so you're coming here to get new oil, so why not bring what you used last time," Clark said. Fire officials say you should stay away from the white booms and avoid any areas where you can see an oily film on the top of the water. The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information about the incident should contact Vermont State Police or the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources.
MILTON, Vt. —
Over the weekend, emergency crews responded to an illegal oil dumping in a Vermont lake. Vermont State Police and the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources are trying to figure out who did it.
The emergency crews contained most of the spill on Sunday, but there's still some oil and materials left behind. On Monday, boaters said they noticed something was off.
"We came out today and now we see all this white stuff all over and as we came in we saw some film on the water right there," said Steve Roberge of Cambridge, Vermont.
Roberge has been taking his boat to Arrowhead Mountain Lake for a year-and-a-half, but this outing was different.
"We did see a dead fish over there though and normally you don't see a lot of dead fish here," Roberge said.
Fire officials said they think as much as 20 gallons of motor oil was dumped into the lake by the Lamoille River Inlet. Crews from Milton and Georgia got there early Sunday morning and tried to contain it. Now, HAZMAT contractors have taken over.
"There's places to get rid of it other than the waters and killing fish," Roberge said.
Those places include businesses such as O'Reilly Auto Parts.
"All they have to do is walk it into the store, we take care of it from there," said Patrick Clark, district manager at O'Reilly Auto Parts.
Clark said it's easy and free to drop off your oil instead of dumping it somewhere illegally.
"I don't understand why someone would think that's the way to get rid of it. we recycle millions of gallons of oil between every location and it's very rare that we have to turn it away," Clark said.
And it makes a big impact.
"It's definitely important to recycle oil because we don't want it ending up in ponds or lakes or streams and we don't want it contaminating soil so you're coming here to get new oil, so why not bring what you used last time," Clark said.
Fire officials say you should stay away from the white booms and avoid any areas where you can see an oily film on the top of the water. The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information about the incident should contact Vermont State Police or the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources.