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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Crews for Chevron Corp. are hosing the banks of a Salt Lake City creek to mop up the last of a 33,000-gallon oil spill.
Chevron said the work is being done on a stretch of Red Butte Creek between the Veteran's Hospital and Liberty Park.
More than 620 barrels' worth of oil of about 800 barrels' worth that leaked from the pipeline has been recovered. Another 100 barrels' worth is estimated to have evaporated.
The latest washing effort started Saturday and continued Monday.
Chevron has said a short in a high-voltage power line traveled through a utility fence post and melted a quarter-size hole in the pipeline June 12.
Salt Lake City's finance department has sent Chevron an invoice for almost $125,000 covering the first 48 hours of the spill. The bill covers personnel costs of firefighters, police officers and utility crews. It includes $33,000 for containment efforts, $12,000 for security and $53,000 for water cleanup, The Salt Lake Tribune reported on its website Monday.
The bill does not include equipment costs, the cost for an environmental consultant or long-term cleanup estimates, Lisa Harrison Smith, spokeswoman for Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker, told the Tribune.
Chevron said it welcomed the invoice.
"If we have any questions, we will call the city and talk to them about it," said Chevron spokesman Dan Johnson.
Chevron has promised to pay for all legitimate costs associated with the cleanup. The pipeline is back up and running.
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