In an April 24 article on the ongoing Chevron refinery seep, the NOW reported that Chevron spokesperson Ray Lord "said it was not a leak but a seepage from 'historic accumulation of subsurface contamination' at the refinery, which is now migrating offsite." Lord did not state that the material is now migrating offsite. According to Chevron, evidence indicates the seep is no longer migrating offsite - it's being contained by a hydraulic barrier along the refinery's perimeter.
"The organo-clay system at the foreshore is absorbing any material that had already migrated off of our site prior to the hydraulic barrier along the perimeter being installed," Lord said. The NOW regrets the error.
