Court overturns Exxon’s fines for major pipeline spill, calling it ‘regrettable’

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Court overturns Exxon’s fines for major pipeline spill, calling it ‘regrettable’
Pipeline safety laws don't always keep communities safe.
Natasha Geiling
Aug 17, 2017, 1:09 pm
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Earlier this week, a federal appeals court overturned a federal agency’s ruling — and more than $2 million in fines — against ExxonMobil for a 2013 pipeline spill, arguing that the company had fulfilled all its obligations under federal pipeline safety law.

The incident, which took place in Mayflower, Arkansas, spilled more than 200,000 gallons of Canadian tar sands oil into a nearby neighborhood, sickening residents and forcing homeowners to evacuate. The pipeline, owned by ExxonMobil, had been built in the 1940s, and was known to be prone to cracking down along the lengthwise seams. Independent laboratory tests conducted after the spill found that the pipeline had been defective since it had first been laid more than 70 years before the incident.

Enjoy the water republicans. lol
 
Court overturns Exxon’s fines for major pipeline spill, calling it ‘regrettable’
Pipeline safety laws don't always keep communities safe.
Natasha Geiling
Aug 17, 2017, 1:09 pm
https://thinkprogres...y-445906d98f50/
Earlier this week, a federal appeals court overturned a federal agency’s ruling — and more than $2 million in fines — against ExxonMobil for a 2013 pipeline spill, arguing that the company had fulfilled all its obligations under federal pipeline safety law.

The incident, which took place in Mayflower, Arkansas, spilled more than 200,000 gallons of Canadian tar sands oil into a nearby neighborhood, sickening residents and forcing homeowners to evacuate. The pipeline, owned by ExxonMobil, had been built in the 1940s, and was known to be prone to cracking down along the lengthwise seams. Independent laboratory tests conducted after the spill found that the pipeline had been defective since it had first been laid more than 70 years before the incident.

Enjoy the water republicans. lol
Why don't you blame Exxon?
 

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