Judge Approves $230 Million Settlement In California Oil Spill Case

Volunteers work to clean oil off a brown pelican at the International Bird Rescue office in the San Pedro area of Los Angeles, May 22, 2015, after a broken onshore pipeline in near Santa Barbara, Calif., spewed oil into the ocean.LOS ANGELES — A judge has approved a $230 million lawsuit settlement by the owners of a pipeline that spilled more than 140,000 gallons of crude oil into the ocean off California in 2015, lawyers announced Thursday.

It was the worst California coastal oil spill since 1969. It blackened popular beaches for miles, killing or fouling hundred of seabirds, seals and other wildlife and hurting tourism and fishing. “Due to failed maintenance and extensive pipeline corrosion, the pipeline ruptured and spilled, devastating the fishing industry and soiling coastal properties from Santa Barbara County to Los Angeles County,” said a press statement from the law firms that filed the suit.

Plains apologized for the spill and paid for the costly cleanup. In 2020, Plains agreed to pay $60 million to the federal government to settle allegations that it violated safety laws. It also agreed to bring its nationwide pipeline system into compliance with federal safety laws.Related

This fine is not nearly enough compared to the billions upon billions oil and gas companies make skirting around environmental laws and protections. It’s a disgrace what is being done to our oceans in the name of big oil. Oceans

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