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Legislators to hold oil spill hearing in Emeryville
Article History There are updates to this article.
8 days ago: Cosco Busan's impact still not entirely clear
69 days ago: Double-hull bill advances in Congress
94 days ago: Shipwreck pilot runs into more legal woes
125 days ago: Cosco Busan case steers into court
129 days ago: Ship’s pilot charged with negligence
129 days ago: Six crew members held sans charges
135 days ago: Mayor’s messaging after oil spill ‘private’
144 days ago: Millions on the way, and that may not be all of it
202 days ago: Spilled fuel from Cosco Busan sent off for recycling
SAN FRANCISCO (Map, News) - With more and more news spilling out about the response to the Cosco Busan accident, state legislators are gathering in Emeryville this morning to hear from officials about the effort.
Assemblyman Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, and Assemblywoman Loni Hancock, D-Berkeley, will convene an emergency oversight hearing to assess current conditions and the extent of the damage.
The hearing will begin at 10 a.m. and run to 1 p.m. in the Emeryville City Council Chambers.
A competing news conference will take place at 10:30 a.m., when the National Transportation Safety Board will release further findings from its investigation into the incident and response.
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Examiner Reader said:
If its the public's business coming through a private device, why is it any less the public's business? The mayor is saving our tax dollars by not billing us for his cell phone and service? Right.
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Examiner Reader said:
It's a container vessel not a tanker. You wrote in the same article, "... allowing the tanker ship to relocate from the middle of the San Francisco Bay to a local shipyard ..." "The 900-foot container vessel has been anchored in the greasy waters of the San Francisco Bay since Wednesday,..."
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Examiner Reader said:
What use was pilot John Cota? Wasn't it his job to prevent such mishaps? I would hope he has been suspended until further investigations conclude.
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