Also late Monday, a state spokesman told USA TODAY that numerous government probes of the actions of Amplify Energy, the company that operates the pipeline, and of the spill have begun. "Full federal and state criminal and civil investigations of the spill are underway," said Eric Laughlin, spokesman for the California Dept. of Fish and Wildlife's Oil Spill Prevention Response arm. | | News Alert Tuesday, October 5 | | | | | | | |