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November 19, 2007

10:00AM

Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation

Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation - San Francisco November 2007 Oil Spill Causes and Response

  • Golden Gate Club

    135 Fisher Loop - The Presidio

    San Francisco, CA 94129

Purpose of the Hearing 

The Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation met on Monday, November 19, at 10:00 a.m. to receive testimony on the San Francisco oil spill. The hearing was called to consider both the circumstances leading to the allision of the M/V COSCO BUSAN with the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (Bay Bridge) on Wednesday, November 7, 2007, and the response of the Coast Guard and other federal agencies to the subsequent spill of approximately 58,000 gallons of fuel oil into the waters of San Francisco Bay.


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