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USA - Aisin continues work to contain lubricant spill

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The Kentucky Division of Water continues to work with Aisin Automotive <link _top>Casting LLC in Laurel County to treat and dispose of a <link _top>lubricant product that was accidentally released last Sunday morning from the plant into the Laurel River.

Approximately 1,000 gallons of a mold-release <link _top>lubricant used in the manufacture of die-cast automotive products was released and entered the river stream. The Kentucky Environmental Response Team was immediately activated to respond to the emergency. The slow-moving 2,000-foot white plume is being treated through aeration and vacuuming.

The spill occurred approximately five miles upstream from the raw water intake of the Laurel County Water District No. 2 near Dorothea. The operators of the Laurel plant and of the Corbin Water Treatment Plant have been notified about the spill.

The <link _top>lubricant is composed primarily of <link _top>silicones and water. It is not considered a hazardous substance and is responsive to treatment with carbon filters. Samples of the contaminated water are undergoing laboratory analysis at the Division of Environmental Services in Frankfort.

No water consumption advisories have been issued.

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