Nation IN BRIEF : TEXAS : Spill Still Threatens Galveston Wildlife
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Workers using skimmers and absorbent pads mopped up sections of a 40,000-gallon oil spill but said it still threatened a wildlife habitat along Galveston Bay. A 10-mile stretch of the Gulf Coast Intracoastal Waterway remained closed as well. A 10-inch pipeline ruptured before midnight Thursday when Amoco Pipeline Co. workers were transferring light crude oil to a barge at the company’s High Island terminal in Galveston’s east bay, a company spokesman said.
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