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A coalition of Santa Barbara environmental groups and the Center for Biological Diversity filed separate lawsuits alleging that the Texas oil company was illegally issued waivers to operate its pipelines without industry-standard corrosion protection.
The plaintiffs allege that the U.S. Secretary of the Interior and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management must require Sable Offshore to update its oil development and production plans.
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.
Protesters were blocking bulldozers on land slated for high-end housing development.
Plains All American seeks to prevent fishermen and platform workers from pursuing restitution.
