Ronald Sepulvado, a BP well site leader on the Deepwater Horizon, told federal investigators Tuesday crews on the rig knew of leaks on one of two control pods on the blowout preventer as late as early April.

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He made his comments Tuesday during the investigative hearings by a joint panel of the Coast Guard and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement. He said that on Apr. 9, a daily operation report indicated that a control pod was leaking as much as a gallon per minute of hydraulic fluid. He said the problem did not affect the functionality of the BOP.