It’s quite curious to me that the responsible operator(s) is not named nor where the HCl was coming from or going to.

The spill didn’t start in the spot that the tanker finally stopped. How long/far had it been leaking? Why was it leaking?

Was it headed North out of Fairmont or coming South out of Farmington/ Mannington? Was it coming from or to the Marcellus well in the Little Dents Run area? Either way it would have been traveling parallel to the Buffalo.

Also no mention of fines or cleanup reimbursement.

Something stinks in the reporting and it’s not just the HCl.

West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Public Information Officer Terry Fletcher.

Fletcher said “an estimated 1,758 gallons of material spilled” onto U.S. 250 North near the Pine Grove Bridge from a truck transporting the toxic acid that is used in the hydraulic fracturing process.

“According to information received from first-hand accounts, there was no wreck or incident of any type. The driver observed a leak from the tank and pulled over,” Fletcher said.

Fletcher said DEP officials who went to the site Wednesday afternoon reported no visible impact to nearby streams from the leakage.

Hydrochloric acid is used to clean out scale, rust and other debris in fracking wells through a process called acid washing, according to the American Petroleum Institute.

https://www.timeswv.com/news/local_news/no-fines-or-charges-in-hydrochloric-acid-spill/article_c9aa5b4c-b789-11ec-87a9-f3387b8558d8.html