Fishing pond reopens to fishing after Red Deer River oil spill

A boom stretches out to contain a pipeline leak on the Gleniffer Reservoir near Innisfail on June 12, 2012. Up to 480,000 litres of sour crude oil was spilled from the Plains Midstream Canada pipeline.

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Fishing pond reopens to fishing after Red Deer River oil spill

Restrictions remain in effect on river and Gleniffer Reservoir

By Colette Derworiz, Calgary Herald April 11, 2013

A pond closed due to an oil spill into the Red Deer River has reopened for fishing this spring, but restrictions remain for the rest of the affected area.

Last June, a Plains Midstream Canada pipeline leaked up to 480,000 litres of sour crude oil into the central Alberta river.

The Dickson Trout Pond, which had fishing conditions placed on it after the leak, was given the all-clear earlier this month by Alberta Health Services.

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