The information below relates to a pipeline spill in
a residential neighborhood that occurred in Mayflower on
March 29, 2013.
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality is among
a number of state agencies who have been on site since minutes
after the spill was reported. The response and remediation efforts have been a coordinated
effort between EPA, ADEQ, the Arkansas Department of Health,
the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, Faulkner County,
the city of Mayflower, the responsible party (ExxonMobil)
and many others. ADEQ is closely reviewing the cleanup and
has had inspectors conducting sampling at a number of locations
in a cove of Lake Conway and the main body of the lake.
The Department will continue to monitor the surface water
in the impacted areas and post regular updates. (Map
of ADEQ Water Sampling Locations)
Continuous air quality monitoring was conducted
by both the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and
ExxonMobil. The air monitoring data from both EPA and ExxonMobil
were reviewed by the Arkansas Department of Health
(ADH). ADH concluded the data results were similar for all
data collected.
Data Results