Huntington Beach city and state beaches reopen Monday morning as cleanup crews continue their work combing the shores for vestiges of oil and tar.
A major oil spill off the coast of Huntington Beach, Calif., washed up on nearby Orange County beaches, killing fish and birds and threatening local wetlands.“We understand the significance our beaches have on tourism, our economy and our overall livelihood here in Huntington Beach,” Mayor Kim Carr said in a statement. “It is important that our decision to reopen our shoreline and water be based on data and that we continue to monitor the water quality going forward.
In the first few days after the spill, officials warned that up to 144,000 gallons of crude may have seeped out of the pipeline, which runs from a processing and production platform called Elly off the shore in Huntington Beach to the Port of Long Beach.downgrading the leak to between 24,696 gallons and 131,000 gallons.Thethat the anchor strike probably occurred months ago, and possibly as long as a year ago.
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