SAN PATRICIO COUNTY, Texas — San Patricio County Sheriff Oscar Rivera told 3News trucks carrying contaminated soil from the Victoria spill will be traveling through the Coastal Bend in the coming weeks. "The dirt is headed to a disposal site near Robstown," said the sheriff.
"As you recall on January 3, we were flooded with calls about a bad odor on the east part of the county."
Sheriff Rivera said TCEQ announced that the odor may be noticed on US 77 as about 50-60 truck loads travel through San Patricio County.
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