U.S. to see if oil still on bay floor
From the Associated Press
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it will run tests of the bay floor to see if toxic oil from last month’s spill remains.
The corps will test the 43-feet-deep bay bottom off the entrance to the Oakland Outer Harbor today.
Army Corps of Engineers spokeswoman Maria Lee says pom-pom-like absorbent swabs will collect the samples.
Nearly 58,000 gallons of toxic bunker fuel was spilled into the bay by the Cosco Busan on Nov. 7 after the vessel hit the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
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