California oil spill state of emergency: criminal, civil probes reportedly launched
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Criminal and civil probes have reportedly been launched after an oil spill off the coast of Huntington Beach, California, sent up to 144,000 gallons of heavy crude into the ocean over the weekend.
A state spokesperson told USA Today late Monday that numerous government probes of the spill and the circumstances that led to it are underway.
"Full federal and state criminal and civil investigations of the spill are underway," Eric Laughlin, spokesman for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife's Oil Spill Prevention Response arm, told the outlet.
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