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Dec 15, 2007 12:59 pm US/Pacific

Angel Island Beaches Reopen After Oil Spill

Environment & The Green Beat

Click to enlarge 1 of 1: The boat Clean Bay II with the Marine Spill Response Corp., makes its way through the oily waters near Angel Island on San Francisco Bay.
AP

Angel Island State Park beaches reopened at 8 a.m. Saturday after being closed since early November following the Cosco Busan oil spill, park superintendent Dave Matthews said.

The park originally closed after the container ship struck a protective fender of a tower of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, causing fuel to spill into the water.

The island and public docks, overnight mooring buoys, trails and picnic areas were reopened shortly after the Nov. 7 spill, but the beaches remained closed for cleanup until Saturday, Matthews said.

Beaches are now open for all uses, according to Matthews.