21,000 gallons of oil leaked off Santa Barbara County beaches

Emergency officials were responding Tuesday afternoon to a ruptured pipeline that was estimated to have leaked 21,000 gallons of oil into the ocean off the Santa Barbara County coast, authorities said.

By 3:45 p.m., the leak had left a four-mile-long sheen of oil extending about 50 yards into the waters along Refugio State Beach in Goleta, said U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Andrea Anderson.

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Here is another Santa Barbara beach that merits the ongoing scrutiny of the California taxpayer and high State Coastal Commission officials. This is an ongoing problem and has been for the past sixty years! The state still hasn't gotten it right yet. Please go to www.HaskellsBeach.com to...
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The ruptured pipeline is operated by Plains All America Pipeline, L.P., and the pipeline runs along the coast near Highway 101, coast guard officials said. The leak was first reported to county fire officials about noon, and coast guard crews stopped the leak by 3 p.m., Anderson said.

Plains All America Pipeline could not be reached for comment.

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