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Oil Spill During Costa Concordia Cleanup
A small amount of oil has spilled during the removal of the Costa Concordia from the Italian island of Giglio, the Guardian reports.
The oil was spotted on Saturday, and salvage workers began cleaning it up on Sunday.
Maria Sargentini, head of the environmental supervisory committee for the cleanup operation, said the spill was "nothing to worry about."
The ship is set to be towed from the Island to the port of Genoa in northeastern Italy starting Tuesday.
Salvage workers began refloating the ship on July 14, two and a half years after it crashed, killing 32 people.
Efforts to salvage the ship have included an operation by Smit Salvage to remove 2,300 tonnes of fuel after the vessel sank, as well as work by the heavy-duty semi-submersible vessel Dockwise Vanguard.
