A gasoline spill that went unabated at a Cumberland Farms store on River Street in Fitchburg has resulted in a $17,000 fine for the company.
According to the state Department of Environmental Protection, the gas spill occured last October while a car was refueling at the 376 River St. station. The spill affected the station property, two stormwater catch basin and a city street.
Cumberland Farms failed to begin clean-up efforts immediately after the spill, and failed to notify DEP within the two-hour notification period mandated by the department. DEP said the clean-up itself was delayed as a result.
Cumberland Farms agreed to “upgrade its employee training material,” DEP said, and agreed to pay $15,000. DEP suspended the remaining $2,000 of the fine as long as no further violations occur at the station.
