BRIEFLY : Environment: Cap on Oil Leak Sought
Terry Tamminen of Santa Monica Baykeeper, an environmental watchdog group, is trying to get an abandoned Hermosa Beach oil well capped because of concern that rain could carry leaking oil into Santa Monica Bay.
The well is leaking as much as 100 gallons of crude oil a week, Tamminen said.
Pamela Morris, spokeswoman for the state Department of Conservation, said the state is trying to work out a solution with the owner, Stinnett Oil Co., a small firm in Temecula.
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