The 2015 spill sent 140,000 gallons of crude oil gushing onto the ocean in Santa Barbara county, blackening popular beaches for miles, killing wildlife, and hurting tourism and fishing.
A pipeline company was fined nearly $3.35 million Thursday for causing the worstA judge issued a fine and penalties against Plains All American Pipeline for a 2015 spill that sent 140,000 gallons of crude oil gushing onto
Plains operators working from a Texas control room more than 1,000 miles away had turned off an alarm that would have signaled a leak and, unaware a spill had occurred, restarted the hemorrhaging line after it had shut down, which only made matters worse, inspectors found. Plains apologized for the spill and paid for the cleanup. The company’s 2017 annual report estimated costs from the spill at $335 million, not including lost revenues.
“We take our responsibility to safely deliver energy resources very seriously, and we are committed to doing the right thing,” the Houston-based firm said in a statement Thursday. “We are sorry that this release happened, and we have and will continue to work hard to re-earn the trust of area residents.”
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