The oily mess of tarballs that washed up on Northern California beaches earlier this week is "natural seepage" from the ocean floor and not remnants from the Cosco Busan oil spill, the Coast Guard said Wednesday.
When oil started showing up on beaches from Pacifica to Monterey on Monday, speculation was it might be uncollected oil from the November 7, 2007 spill in San Francisco Bay. Only about 40% of the 53,000 of the bunker fuel oil that spilled has been recovered.
Full story in the San Francisco Chronicle
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
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