Reuters: A section of pipeline that ruptured sending as much as 2,400 barrels of crude oil into the Santa Barbara coastline in May was severely corroded, federal regulators said on Wednesday.
Third-party inspectors estimated that corrosion of the line owned by Texas-based Plains All American Pipeline had degraded to 1/16th of an inch, said a U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) corrective action order document.
The May 19 spill dumped as much as 2,400 barrels (101,000......
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Inspectors find ruptured Calif pipeline badly corroded
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on June 4th, 2015
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