Imperial Oil reports small diesel leak into river in Ontario

June 11 (Reuters) - Imperial Oil (IMO.TO), opens new tab on Wednesday reported a small diesel leak into the Saint Clair river from its dock in Ontario, Canada, according to a latest community alert.
"Containment booms have been deployed in the St. Clair River... The leak source was quickly isolated, and confirmed stopped at 10:00 p.m.," Imperial said.
Imperial was not immediately available to comment on the volume of the release.
Recovery and clean-up efforts are ongoing, and the sheen is fully contained, Imperial said, adding precautionary down river water quality monitoring has been conducted, and no detectable levels of hydrocarbon have been observed.

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