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   LAS VEGAS (AP) — A leak in a fuel pipeline facility in California forced a   
   shutdown of deliveries of gasoline and diesel from the Los Angeles area   
   east to areas including Las Vegas and Phoenix, but officials said Friday   
   they believed supplies would not immediately be affected.   
      
   Pipeline operator Kinder Morgan told The Associated Press the leak was   
   discovered Thursday afternoon at a company station near Los Angeles and   
   that its CALNEV and SFPP West pipelines were shut down while the Houston-   
   based pipeline operator worked to resolve the issue.   
      
   “There are no injuries or fire reported as a result of this incident,”   
   said a company statement, provided by Katherine Hill, communications   
   manager for the publicly traded company. It did not say how much fuel   
   leaked or when service would be restored.   
      
   Hill did not immediately respond to email and telephone messages seeking   
   more information.   
      
   “The appropriate regulatory agencies have been notified, and an   
   investigation into the cause and quantity of the release will be   
   conducted,” the statement said. “We are working closely with our customers   
   on potential impacts.”   
      
   In Las Vegas, officials were “monitoring the situation, believe we have   
   adequate supply, and do not anticipate an immediate impact on gas   
   availability,” according to a statement from Clark County spokesperson   
   Erik Pappa.   
      
   The county said the pipeline provides fuel storage facilities in Southern   
   Nevada with unleaded and diesel fuel. Another pipeline operated by UNEV   
   Pipeline LLC serves the Las Vegas area from northern Utah.   
      
   The Kinder Morgan website says its 566-mile (911-kilometer) CALNEV   
   pipeline transports gasoline, diesel and jet fuel from Los Angeles   
   refineries and marine terminals through parallel 14-inch (35.5-centimeter)   
   and 8-inch (20-centimeter) diameter pipelines to Barstow, California, and   
   the Las Vegas area.   
      
   Hill said later that only the larger, 14-inch (35.5-centimeter) pipeline   
   to Las Vegas had been shut down.   
      
   Airports it serves include Nellis Air Force Base and Harry Reid   
   International in Las Vegas and Edwards Air Force Base in California's   
   Mojave Desert, the company said.   
      
   Kinder Morgan's SFPP West pipeline runs approximately 515 miles (829   
   kilometers) to transport petroleum products from the Los Angeles area to   
   Colton and Imperial, California, and east to Phoenix.   
      
      
      
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