Oiled Pelican Released After Rehab

TEXAS CITY — Cleanup continues along the southern shores of the
Texas City Dike after a weekend oil spill that sent about 2500
gallons of fuel oil into the water. While most of the oil that
spilled from a Buffalo Marine Service barge Friday night had been
removed from the water, crews have yet to get all of the oil off the
rocks that line the first mile of the dike where much of the oil
washed up. Crews now will use power washers to get the bunker oil
off the rocks, Texas City Homeland Security Director Bruce Clawson
said. We wanted a process that did not involve the use of any
chemicals, including any dispersants, and this was the best route,
Clawson said after meeting with US Coast Guard, state land office
and environmental officials Monday afternoon. The hydroblasting of
the rocks will take about three days, Clawson said. Even when that
work is done, Garner Environmental, the company hired to manage the
cleanup, will maintain an oil boom off the shore of the dike to
capture any residual oil. That boom should be in place for about two
weeks, Clawson said. At the Port of Texas City, oil adsorbents were
put in the water to capture any remaining oil, said Henry de La
Garza, the spokesman for the Coast Guards incident unified command.
Also, the oil booms placed in the water during the weekend have been
removed with fresh clean boom. The spill happened at Dock 34 of the
Port of Texas City about 530 pm Friday. Crews loading Bunker Oil
No. 6 from BP to the Buffalo Marine

TEXAS CITY — Cleanup continues along the southern shores of the
Texas City Dike after a weekend oil spill that sent about 2500
gallons of fuel oil into the water. While most of the oil that
spilled from a Buffalo Marine Service barge Friday night had been
removed from the water, crews have yet to get all of the oil off the
rocks that line the first mile of the dike where much of the oil
washed up. Crews now will use power washers to get the bunker oil
off the rocks, Texas City Homeland Security Director Bruce Clawson
said. We wanted a process that did not involve the use of any
chemicals, in...