MAY 22, 2015
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (AP)
It is too late for the California Coast, but Federal
regulators (the late comers type of agency) have ordered the Plain All American
Pipeline company whose pipeline spilled thousands of gallons of oil across a California
coastline to take a series of steps before it can restart the line.
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
announced a so-called corrective action against Plains All American Pipeline on
Friday.
The order requires the company to remove the damaged section
of pipe, test it and empty the remainder of the line.
The agency says it still does not know the cause of the
leak, which spilled up to 105,000 gallons of crude into a coastal ditch
Tuesday.
Thousands of gallons flowed into the sea northwest of Santa Barbara.