From: The Independent
COMMENT - Don't miss the photos of the removal of the pipe and the infamous culvert.
By Nick Welsh
Bruce Reitherman
The location of the rupture was inspected and photographed by a number of Plains and agency personnel. (May 28, 2015)
Last week, every Santa Barbara resident received a postcard from Plains All American Pipeline CEO
Greg L. Armstrong expressing his regrets at the “accidental release” of
oil off the coast of Refugio two weeks ago. Since then, the oil spill
has dominated any news coverage emanating out of Santa Barbara County
and has become the focus of intense discussion among political-activist
classes and elected officials.
Lost in the hub-bub has been any actual photograph of the ruptured
pipeline itself, a small point perhaps, but one that’s nagged at The Independent
newsroom since May 19. No photos would be made available, we were told, because the rupture remained the subject of an ongoing investigation.
Criminal charges, we were also told, might possibly be filed.
Somehow, in our collective imaginations, we could not conjure a credible
scenario in which the release of such photos could possibly compromise
any investigation. Fortunately, the hyperventilation was put to rest
this week with the release of these photos — at the request of The Santa Barbara Independent — by Santa Barbara County Planning and Development director Glenn Russell.
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