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Article: ATTORNEY GENERAL BROWN FILES SUIT AGAINST COSCO BUSAN OWNERS, OPERATORS AND PILOT AFTER SAN FRANCISCO BAY OIL SPILL

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January 6, 2009
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The California Attorney General issued the following news release:

California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. filed a lawsuit today on behalf of the California Department of Fish and Game Office of Spill Prevention and Response, State Lands Commission and State Water Boards against the owners, operators and pilot of the M/V Cosco Busan, the shipping vessel that spilled more than 53,000 gallons of oil into San Francisco Bay, "polluting our waters and killing thousands of birds."

"This was a preventable accident that had tragic consequences," Attorney General Brown said. "The Cosco Busan crashed into the Bay Bridge, polluting our waters and killing thousands of birds."

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