Offshore recovery assets put in place to deal with an oil sheen off the coast of Huntington Beach are being demobilized after a flyover did not observe any sheen. However, shoreline cleanup teams continue to observe tar balls Monday along the beaches, and at least two birds have died, authorities said.PREVIOUS COVERAGE: OC oil spill: Coast Guard investigating reports off Huntington Beach coastThe roughly 2.5-mile-long oil sheen was spotted in the ocean water Thursday evening.
A Coast Guard helicopter also conducted an overflight in the area at sunrise. Upon investigation, an oil sheen was discovered that spanned 2.5 miles in length and a half-mile in width, roughly 2.8 miles off Huntington Beach near platforms Emmy and Eva, according to the Coast Guard.Approximately 85% of the sheen, roughly 85 gallons of product, was recovered before the deteriorating sea state caused operations to pause for the evening, the Unified Command announced at 8:19 p.m. Friday.
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