A 13-square-mile oil spill off the coast of Southern California forced officials to close beaches and warn of 'substantial ecological impacts' as cleanup crews worked Sunday to avert a potential environmental disaster.
A 2012 plan prepared by the operator of an offshore oil pipeline that may have dumped thousands of barrels of oil off Southern California described such a spill as a “worst case” scenario that could cause “substantial harm.”
Officials said that roughly 126,000 gallons of oil appeared to have spilled off the coast of Orange County over the weekend, creating a 13-square-mile slick near the cities of Huntington Beach and Newport Beach. The chief executive of Beta Offshore’s parent company, Amplify Energy, said divers were investigating a potential source of the leak roughly four miles from shore.
Late Sunday, the department declared a fishery closure roughly 35 miles along the coast and out to six miles offshore.“My throat hurt,” she said at a news conference. “I’ve seen the aging oil platforms off Huntington Beach up close, and I know it’s past time to decommission these time bombs,” she said. “Even after fines and criminal charges, the oil industry is still spilling and leaking into California’s coastal waters because these companies just aren’t capable of operating safely.”
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