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EPA fines Iowa 80 Truckstop, 'World's Largest,' for failing to properly plan for fuel spill

owa 80, the self-proclaimed "World's Largest Truckstop," has several restaurants, a truck repair garage, a laundromat, a movie theater, a pet wash service, a chiropractor and even a museum of trucking.

What it and sister truck stop Joplin 80 in Missouri didn't have, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, was an adequate plan for addressing a potential fuel spill.

As a result, owner Iowa 80 Group Inc. has agreed to pay a combined $390,784 fine to resolve alleged violations of the federal Clean Water Act, the EPA announced Monday.

A proposed consent order says the Iowa 80 Truckstop, on Interstate 80 in Walcott near Davenport, and Joplin 44 in southwest Missouri failed to adequately develop and implement plans that would prevent and control spills as required by the Clean Water Act for facilities that store 1,320 gallons or greater of oil products in above-ground storage tanks.




Travelers can't miss the Iowa 80 Truckstop, known to be the World's Largest Truckstop, as they pass through Walcott.


The truck stops both have above-ground storage of more than 1 million gallons of diesel fuel, gasoline, lubricants and oil, according to the EPA. The agency plans to fine Iowa 80 Group $204,142 for violations at the Iowa business and $186,642 at the Missouri operation.
The EPA said a spill in Iowa could threaten Mud Creek, which eventually flows to the Cedar and Mississippi rivers. And in Missouri, a spill could contaminate Rock Branch Creek, Spring River and eventually, the Grand River, also known as the lower section of the Neosho River.

Oklahoma substitute teacher is heading to prison after being found guilty of soliciting sex from a student

WELLSTON, Okla. (KFOR) — A former substitute teacher is heading to prison after being found guilty of soliciting sex from a student. Although, she claims the student lied about it.
Emma Delaney Hancock will spend four years behind bars. The sentencing was read in court Wednesday afternoon after the jury initially recommended six years.
Court documents say she and a student began exchanging nude photos and videos.

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The boy also told investigators he had met Hancock privately inside the school several times to ‘make out.’ Hancock denies she did anything wrong and says the student is lying.
Despite that, a jury sided with prosecutors in late October and said Hancock was guilty. News 4 spoke with a family member of the victim. They say they are satisfied with the sentencing, but they wouldn’t call this a win because of how they say it has affected the victim’s life.

Moments that they say only come once for everyone, but moments the victim will not get to experience. The family also tells News 4 they will look to move forward and put this behind them.

As for Hancock, she will have to register as a sex offender. The victim’s family has also filed a lawsuit against her.

'He's not living in reality': Fox News reports GOP lawmakers lashing out at Trump and Musk

Well duh!:
Xowner Elon Musk earlier this week killed a bipartisan deal to keep the federal government open, and even many Republicans are reportedly not happy about it.

Writing on X, Fox News reporter Liz Elkind reveals that there is "a LOT of frustration at Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy from rank-and-file House Rs this morning" after the two men publicly killed the bipartisan deal.


"I'll have nothing to do with them after watching them publicly trash the speaker," said one, while another Republican lawmaker accused them of "freelancing and shooting off the hip" to kill the bill without understanding key provisions that they had criticized.



What's more, one unnamed House Republican even expressed frustration with President-elect Donald Trump for going along with Musk.



"Trump doesn’t understand Congress," this member said. "He wants all GOP wins and no concessions to Dems. The Senate and WH are still run by Dems. He’s not living in reality."

Musk has said that the government should simply shut down for the next month until the day Trump is inaugurated for his second term on January 20th.

Trump, for his part, has said that he's willing to accept a shutdown but is trying to shift the blame for it to outgoing President Joe Biden.

Jazz Band Covers Nirvana On The Spot (ft. Ulysses Owens Jr.)

(since I'm nearly through the late of champagne I had hanging around) This is crazy. How quickly they dissect a new song and spit out some sort of impressive abstraction from it. (I debate whether or not most of it just jamming off a bit of the chorus or a few notes (and maybe I'm stupid for expecting it is anything more))

And the communication style between the members of the band is really interesting. When they're strategizing over what direction to take the song after their initial listen and interpretation.
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