Clean Up Underway for Suisun Diesel SpillThursday, April 29, 2004 - 06:25 PM
U-S Coast Guard crews are on the scene of what could be a massive clean-up effort after diesel fuel spilled into Suisun Bay.
The Environmental Protection Agency confirms today that a 14-inch-wide pipeline owned by Kinder Morgan has ruptured in the wetlands area in Suisun Bay, near Fairfield. Suisun Bay feeds into the San Pablo and San Francisco bays.
The U-S Coast Guard is taking the lead on the clean-up effort, but authorities are still trying to determine exactly how much fuel has spilled.
Oil clean up experts are at the scene and the E-P-A is assisting.
The E-P-A initially said as much as a million gallons of diesel may have leaked from the ruptured pipe.
They've since backed off that estimate, and officials at the scene say they won't know the size of the spill until the broken pipe has been repaired and refilled.
Kinder Morgan estimates that as many as 42-thousand gallons of diesel could have spilled into the Suisun Marsh.
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