Environmental workers and Coast Guard stage at Columbia River Park in response to recent oil spill

Workers from Lewis Environmental unloaded oil containment booms on the boat ramp at Columbia River Park this morning as part of an operation there.

JOE LINTNER | COLUMBIA SPY 

Workers from Lewis Environmental and a member of the US Coast Guard were at Columbia River Park this morning, with several trucks, boats and oil containment booms in tow. When questioned, one of the personnel stated they were there in relation to a recent spill on the York County side of the Susquehanna River.

According to LNP/LancasterOnline, federal, state and local agencies are undertaking clean-up operations after a February 25 fire at J&K Salvage released thousands of gallons of oils from containers into Codorus Creek, a tributary of the Susquehanna. The oils have seeped into the Susquehanna watershed, according to officials. Members of the response team are testing water samples from the river near Columbia and Wrightsville.