How can Santa Barbara County improve its response to disasters like the 2015 Refugio Oil Spill?
That’s one of the topics of a report on the spill being presented to Santa Barbara County supervisors this week. The Refugio Oil Spill After Action Report makes a number of recommendations on improving the internal coordination of county departments, as well as outside communications with state and federal agencies, and the public.
More than 140,000 gallons of crude oil was spilled near Refugio State Beach in May of 2015 when a pipeline ruptured. With cleanup completed and monitoring in place, it’s expected county supervisors will now end the local state of emergency declaration that’s been in place since the accident.
