HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — Ottawa County’s HazMat team responded to a 150-gallon oil spill at Hutt Trucking — one that threatened the Hudsonville Nature Center on Monday, April 27, 2020.
No one was hurt.
Ottawa County Emergency Manager Nick Bonstell said Hudsonville firefighters were called to a spill clean up under a semi-tractor trailer and the trucking site, 2966 Highland Drive, in Hudsonville at about 9 a.m. Monday.
“Basically a drive shaft had broken on the semi-truck and caused diesel to be released from the saddle tanks of the semi-truck,” he said. The fluid went into a storm drain and that emptied near a retention pond in the Hudsonville Nature Center, 2700 New Holland St.
He said about 150 gallons of diesel fluid was recovered from the pond. Clean-up will continue until Tuesday morning, he said, and that requires the nature center to be closed during that time.
Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) also responded to the spill and will monitor the area for any further damage and mitigation, Bonstell said.
He said there’s no dollar estimate on damages, but the responsible party for paying for the clean-up and remediation is the entity that did the spill.
He said trucking companies typically have insurance coverage for such incidents. He said the HazMat team responds to about 10 diesel-fuel spills annually.
In all approximately 20 to 25 responders were on the scene, initially, he said.
