Acid spill reported at Agrium Idaho plant

Soda Springs, Idaho-A berm at an Agrium Inc. phosphogypsum stack breached here Dec. 27, sending an estimated 5 million gallons of acidic water onto adjacent farmland. There were no injuries as a result of the spill. Agrium notified authorities and has called in consultants to assist with the clean-up. The company has been able to pump 1 million gallons, which went into low lying areas, back into containment areas, according to local reports, which said the company was able to use another gypsum stack, so there was little disruption to operations.