A Texas Commission on Environmental Quality site review has been completed at Movac Service Co. in Kenedy, indicating several specifics and violations the business is disputing.

The investigation concludes the Movac yard spilled around 7,200 gallons of diesel fuel some time before Aug. 6 this year and that during the cleanup process Movac "had not initiated proper procedures and efforts to manage, abate, contain, and remediate the spill."

The leak was slow and the fuel seeped out of its container over a month’s time, the investigation report said. The report also alleges Movac did not notify the TCEQ upon discovering the problem.

"We are alleging that they did know prior to our investigations and did not report it," TCEQ representative Andrea Morrow said. "We were there on Aug. 6 and documented it. Prior to that time, we don’t know when they knew what, but it’s obvious that they knew something."

The completion of the investigation is about three weeks away, Morrow said. Several items such as the extent of the spill’s environmental impact have not yet been determined.

Movac Risk Manager Sip Gonzales said his company has been working to remediate the spill as quickly and with as little impact on the environment as possible.

"Right now, basically we’re done with the remediation process. Everything has been contained," he said.

He also disputed the original TCEQ estimation of 8,000 gallons, saying less was spilled than that figure indicates, and insisted Movac’s Kenedy yard reported the spill properly.

"It was reported on time," he said.

Morrow said Movac likely will be fined, but the amount will be determined at the end of the investigation after everything else has been looked into.

The spill is the yard’s second in two years. An investigation conducted by the Texas Railroad Commission indicated the company spilled several thousand gallons of brine water from a different storage tank on their yard March 2005.