The U-S Coast Guard says a leak from a patch on an underground pipeline has dumped thousands of gallons of oil into the ground and in New Haven Harbor.
Clean-up crews have already recovered about 20 thousand gallons of the spilled oil.
When the leak was located underground on Alabama Street yesterday, the oil flow to the pipeline was immediately stopped.
The oil had spilled into monitoring wells and a trench that was dug alongside the pipeline. A vacuum truck crew removed an additional 200 gallons of oil from the boomed containment area in New Haven Harbor.
New Haven Terminal has assumed responsibility for the full cost of the recovery operations.
Coast Guard pollution experts and state environmental officials were involved in the cleanup operations.
