Latest legal punch against the oil company calls for a new easement and financial compensation for lost property value produced by the pipeline’s “extreme negative stigma.”
County also agrees to pay $765,000 in penalties and fines related to leaks from oil-and-water-separation unit near Summerland.
The class-action lawsuit was brought by Santa Barbara fishermen and shoreline residents affected by the 2015 Refugio Oil Spill.
Jesse Villasana faces five misdemeanor charges for last year’s 4,533-gallon spill on State Route 166.
Plains All American seeks to prevent fishermen and platform workers from pursuing restitution.
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