The smell of oil wafted in the air Friday. Why did it take another day to identify massive O.C. spill?
An oil slick believed to have originated from a pipeline leak has hit Huntington Beach, closing a stretch of beach and raising grave wildlife and environmental concerns.“As we got within about five miles of the coastline, all of the sudden we were going through this major oil slick,” he said. “We had a pod of dolphins on our bow as we were going through it. Of course we couldn’t signal to them to change direction, but they seemed to make it through OK.
Then, late Saturday afternoon, a Coast Guard official told The Times, “We were alerted quickly. We really believe we will keep this to a small contained incident.” Newport Beach sent out a tweet around that time saying the spill should dissipate through wind, sun and wave action and was not expected to come ashore.
Willsher said Amplify Energy shut down the flow of crude oil to the pipeline suspected of leaking Saturday night. Local government officials overnight said that while preliminary patching had been completed, the leak had not been completely stopped. The company was waiting for divers to complete a thorough inspection to determine whether the leak had been fully stopped.
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