Nick Shields of the Sun writes yesterday (pay link after 10 days) about an oil spill into Baisman's Run near Oregon Ridge Park in Cockeysville:
A tanker carrying 2,800 gallons of heating oil careened off a road in the Cockeysville area of northern Baltimore County yesterday, spilling about 400 gallons of the fuel into a stream, authorities said....
Geoffrey Donahue, an emergency response chief for the Maryland Department of the Environment , said crews placed containment booms in the water. The booms are designed to absorb the oil.
Robert Ballinger, a MDE spokesman, said yesterday afternoon that the oil had been contained and there were no signs of a fish kill or visible damage. He said the department will conduct an investigation into the spill.
The spill location in Baisman's run is about five miles upstream of Loch Raven reservoir.
