CHICAGOâ(ENEWSPF)–August 20, 2014. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is serving as the Federal On-Scene Coordinator for the emergency response to an oil spill that occurred Tuesday night when approximately 3500 gallons of diesel fuel was released into the Ohio River from Duke Energyâs Beckjord power plant. Twenty-four hour operations are underway to contain and clean up oil along a 12 mile stretch of the Ohio River immediately upstream from Cincinnati.
