ROUGHDRAFT-California.doc

Senate Committees on Natural Resources and Water Darrell Steinberg, Chair and Governmental Organization Dean Florez, Chair Response and Prevention: San Francisco Bay Oil Spill State Capitol, Room 4203 Friday, November 30, 2007 SENATOR DARRELL STEINBERG: ...it has been thorough. We know that on the morning of November 7, 2007, the vessel struck one of the footings of the Bay Bridge resulting in an oil spill of nearly 60,000 gallons. Three weeks after the spill, authorities are still putting together a detailed timeline of the incident, including the state’s own Office of Spill Pre