Environmental & Energy,
Criminal
Feb. 24, 2020
Santa Barbara judge considers criminal restitution against pipeline company
Oil workers and fishermen filled a courtroom Friday seeking restitution for economic damage they say were suffered as a result of a local pipeline being shutdown after it burst and spilled 140,000 gallons of oil onto the Santa Barbara coast.
SANTA BARBARA -- Oil workers and fishermen filled a courtroom Friday seeking restitution for economic damages they say were suffered as a result of a local pipeline being shutdown after it burst and spilled 140,000 gallons of oil onto the Santa Barbara coast.
The company that owned the pipeline, Plains All American Pipeline LP, was criminally convicted in September 2018 of one felony and eight misdemeanors relating to its negligent ...
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