400 Gallons Leak From Oil Pipeline
VENTURA —
A Bush Oil Co. pipeline leaked more than 400 gallons of heavy crude oil into McGrath Lake and the ocean near the mouth of the Santa Clara River early Christmas morning, severely damaging the lake and its wetlands, state Department of Fish and Game officials said.
“It’s going to take a long time to clean it up and bring it back to normal,” Lt. Mark Caywood of the Fish and Game Department said. “We’re talking years.”
Bush officials said they did not know why the pipeline began leaking.
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