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News Article
December 10, 2012
Update on Diesel fuel spill at BEC in Rock Sound, Eleuthera

Active investigations and monitoring are well underway in determining the environmental impact of the diesel oil spill that occurred at the BEC facility in Rock Sound Eleuthera late last week.

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News Article
December 09, 2012
Update on Diesel fuel spill at BEC in Rock Sound, Eleuthera

Active investigations and monitoring are well underway in
determining the environmental impact of the diesel oil spill that occurred at
the BEC facility in Rock Sound Eleuthera late last week.

Our preliminary findings are that the area of
the spill is contained and that the primarily hard ground area with saw grass
and invasive species such as the Casuarina in addition to some juvenile
man...

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News Article
December 10, 2012
Environment Ministry launches Investigation into the Eleuthera fuel spill

Eleuthera, The Bahamas -- On December 7, the Ministry of the Environment organised a delegation of DEHS Inspectors and Environmental experts to visit the BEC site in Eleuthera and assess the 70,000 gallon diesel spillage that amassed into a lake of toxic and highly flammable fumes near the Coastal shoreline. ?

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News Article
December 19, 2012
Salvage Firm Defends Eleuthera Clean Up

The company enlisted to clean up 70,000 gallons of diesel fuel in Rock Sound, Eleuthera has dismissed accusations that it employs "archaic" techniques, insisting that 82 percent of the spill has been collected.

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News Article
February 10, 2023
Mailboat runs aground off Egg Island

A GROUP of passengers and crew members had to be evacuated from the M/V Legacy after the mailboat ran aground in waters near Egg Island off Spanish Wells, Eleuthera, on Wednesday morning.

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