ANTHONY, N.M. – State officials say they have contained a pipeline spill that resulted in 252,000 gallons of gasoline being released into an idle irrigation ditch.
The New Mexico Environment Department said Friday that the Santa Fe Pacific Pipeline spill happened last week near the community of Anthony at the New Mexico-Texas line.
Officials are still investigating what caused the release. About 168,000 gallons of gas had been recovered as of Wednesday.
The pipeline is a foot in diameter and operated by Kinder Morgan. It extends to Tucson, Arizona.
Officials say the Rio Grande is about a mile from the spill site but that it was not affected.
