The time it took to determine the scope of the leak — more than 126,000 gallons of oil flowing from an oil platform off the coast — has sparked questions from residents and others about how the early hours of the crisis were handled.
They also wonder why both federal and local agencies offered a much less dire assessment of the situation through Saturday evening.Orange County Supervisor Katrina Foley said a broken pipeline connected to an offshore oil platform called Elly caused the spill.As of Sunday evening, officials said they still don’t know when the leak began or even whether it has been fully plugged.
Newport Beach Mayor Brad Avery was sailing in from Avalon on his boat about 11:30 a.m. when he came across the spill. Other boaters had reported it on the marine radio as they passed over the slick, he said.An oil slick believed to have originated from a pipeline leak has hit Huntington Beach, closing a stretch of beach and raising grave wildlife and environmental concerns.
Then, late Saturday afternoon, a Coast Guard official told The Times, “We were alerted quickly. We really believe we will keep this to a small contained incident.” Newport Beach sent out a tweet around that time saying the spill should dissipate through wind, sun and wave action and was not expected to come ashore.But by around 8 p.m. Saturday, it was clear the oil spill had the potential to become a major disaster.
As news of the spill spread Sunday, many residents of Huntington and Newport wondered if it started Friday. Local officials said they’ve been working as fast as they can to respond to the leak and said the air show played no role in when residents were alerted.
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