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“A report has just been received that the hose at the Būtingė terminal has broken and petroleum products have been spilled. The amounts are not yet clear. The Department of Environmental Protection and the Lithuanian Armed Forces are responding.” S. Gentvilas reported on the social network.
According to the representative of the Minister of the Environment, Marijus Gailius, according to Orlen, between 1 and 2 tons of pollutants have been released into the environment.
“Orlen reports and the minister (Simon Gentvilas – BNS) was informed that 1-2 tonnes were spilled,” M. Gailius told BNS.
A representative from the Department of Environmental Protection reported that the pollutants were moving offshore to Latvia.
“A small amount of oil was spilled, we received that information from the guard at the Būtingė terminal.” Currently, the Maritime Rescue Coordination Center coordinates the provision of assistance, “Eugenijus Valikovas, head of the Coordination Center, told BNS of Maritime Rescue.
Arūnas Malinovskis, head of the Communications Division of the Department of Environmental Protection, says that the area of the spilled pollutants is provisionally about 1 square kilometer. Due to the currents and the wind, they do not move towards the coast, but towards the open sea, towards Latvia. According to him, a helicopter should be soaring above them at this time.
“The Maritime Rescue Coordination Center is taking over all the coordination work, currently they should lift a helicopter, which will monitor the situation and decide the measures to eliminate the incident,” Malinsovsky told BNS.
“Environmental inspectors have started an investigation and we will calculate the damage to the environment,” he added.
According to E. Valikovas, the search and rescue ship “Šakiai” was sent to collect pollutants. A Lithuanian Air Force helicopter also flew to the scene of the incident; it will specify the size of the contaminating spot.
According to A. Malinovskis, what exactly was spilled into the sea will still be investigated.
“We usually say that these are petroleum products because, until it is identified, the laboratory of the Environmental Protection Agency also went to the place to take samples and determine which were the contaminants that were filtered, preliminarily, they are petroleum products “, said. .
Environment Minister Simonas Gentvilas wrote on Facebook that the hose at the Būtingė terminal broke and oil products were spilled, but it is not clear how much. According to him, the Department of Environmental Protection and the Lithuanian Armed Forces are responding to the incident.
Orlen Lietuva has been importing oil through the Būtingė terminal since 2006.
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