Cleanup of the oil spill in Mayflower is transitioning from emergency response to long-term remediation and restoration, Mayflower Unified Incident Command Center officials said in a joint news release Tuesday. “Essentially the transition involves trying to restore the area back to its former self,” Exxon Mobil Pipeline Co. spokesman Aaron Stryk said. He noted that Exxon Mobil is not leading the cleanup efforts but is the responsible party in the spill that is estimated to have leaked about 210,000 gallons of heavy crude when the company’s pipe ruptured the afternoon of March 29 in the Northwoods subdivision, causing the evacuation of 22 homes.
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