A SPECIAL REPORT: THE COAST
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SHIPSHAPE: Two years after the Huntington Beach oil spill, residents no longer call city officials with concern when huge ships moor. . . . Operating under stringent new Coast Guard standards, about 50 oil tankers have unloaded without incident at the offshore terminal where the American Trader ran aground. But the memories linger. . . . “When you’re down at the beach and a tanker comes in, what will you think about?” says city spokesman Richard Barnard. “There will always be concern.”
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