Marathon ends updates on Edwardsville spill, provides scant details on recovery 

Marathon ends updates on Edwardsville spill, provides scant details on recovery 

by Meredith Howard, Belleville News-Democrat (May 10, 2022) – The Pipeline Safety Trust is a nonprofit organization that advocates for environmental safety and regulation. Executive Director Bill Caram said it was unusual Marathon officials actually knew about the pipeline movement. “The technology to learn about the position of your pipeline is not widely used in the industry. It’s not required in the regulation, and so it’s actually impressive that Marathon had collected this level of information,” Caram said in an April 14 interview with the News-Democrat. “But of course, ultimately the most important step is acting on that information before a spill happens.”