More than 40 miles of California coastline has been cleared of oil from the Plains All American Pipeline oil spill off Santa Barbara County, officials say.

Cleanup crews have cleared 44% of 96.5 miles of shoreline from Santa Barbara and Ventura counties – mostly sandy beaches that had only trace amounts of oil, according to a statement from the oil spill’s joint information center released Sunday.

But other sections of rocky beach will have to be more meticulously cleaned by hand crews while a handful of boats sail off the coast to ensure no more oil washes ashore onto the cleaned areas, officials said.

About 14,267 gallons of oil-water mix has been recovered.

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