Snow Holds Up Probe of Pipeline Leak Damage
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From Times Staff and Wire Reports
State wildlife officials say they’ll have to wait until the snow melts on Donner Summit to see how much damage was done by a fuel pipeline leak last month.
Universal Environmental, a private company hired by pipeline owner Kinder Morgan, is cleaning up the fuel and testing Summit Creek and Donner Lake each day for contamination.
The 8-inch pipeline carries unleaded gasoline, diesel and jet fuel from the San Francisco Bay area to northern Nevada.
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