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Show Oil Spill Contained On Dixie Forestland ESCALANTE A small oil spill occurred on Dixie National Forest Escalantc Ranger District midaftcrnoon July 31. The spill resulted from a broken pipe leading from an oil well under ce least to Citation Oil Company. Oil 6 entered side drainage of Willow Creek, a small intermittent stream some 10 miles southwest of Escalantc. Es-calantc. Both Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management-administered lands arc involved. The spill which involved approximately ap-proximately two miles of drainage has been contained by small dikes built by the oil company under supervision su-pervision by both federal agencies. The cleanup process is underway by means of burning off the contained con-tained oil. The oil spill area is typical typ-ical high country desert. Additional information may be obtained by calling Wayne Reynolds, Escalantc, at 826-4221 . t |