Published: January 7th, 2013 at 6:33 pm ET
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Title: Press conference regarding tanker vessel striking Bay Bridge tower
Source: ABC 7
Date: Jan. 7, 2012 at 6:00p ET
Coast Guard Spokesman: For the next couple hours we’re going to continue to monitor, make sure there are no signs of pollution, product, entering the water. And we’re also going to be investigating the ship integrity itself, keep sounding the tanks […]
Reporter: You said earlier that you deployed 4,000 feet of boom?
Coast Guard Spokesman: So that the Overseas Reymar enacted their vessel plant and spoke to a oil spill response organization, and as a preventative measure, the captain of the port asked them, directed them, to get boom on scene and 4,000 feet of boom specifically. […]
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Published: January 7th, 2013 at 6:33 pm ET
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So, the tanker was not empty after all. I do not understand how this could have happened in the first place. It is not that hard to navigate.
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Even if its empty, a breach can release residual amounts that are still environmentally devistating. This speaks volumes to the proposed crude oil pipelines yes plural that are planned for my BC Canada's west coast. They say no problem to navigating the most treachorous seas in the world but hit a bridge during routine operation within a well established route. We don't need these poison factories.
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Here is more – http://www.ajc.com/ap/ap/us/coast-guard-tanker-strikes-san-oakland-bay-bridge/nTpgT/
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"Although the tanker did not appear to be leaking, the Department of Fish and Wildlife dispatched a game warden, environmental scientists and oil spill prevention specialists to the scene, spokeswoman Alexia Retallack said". http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2013/01/tanker-hits-bay-bridge-no-apparent-leak.html
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If they shut all NPPs in the world down tomorrow, I wouldn't care if a drilling rig went aground once a month or a tanker ship knocked the Golden Gate Bridge into the bay.
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