Coast Guard responding to crude oil spill in Highland Bayou

HOUSTON — The Coast Guard, Environmental Protection Agency and Texas General Land Office are responding to a report of crude oil in Highland Bayou, near Hitchcock, Thursday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Texas City received a report at 9 a.m. from the National Response Center that an oil and waste water tank, owned by Dune Energy, released approximately 84,000 gallons of oil and...