Center for Biological Diversity: California Grants Waiver for Dangerous Santa Barbara Pipeline
December 20, 2024
December 20, 2024
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2024:
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-- A Texas-based oil company announced to investors today that the California Office of the State Fire Marshal has waived federally required anti-corrosion measures for the Las Flores pipeline system. The system has been shut down since May 2015, when a corroded pipeline ruptured and released about 450,000 gallons of oil near Refugio State Beach.
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-- A Texas-based oil company announced to investors today that the California Office of the State Fire Marshal has waived federally required anti-corrosion measures for the Las Flores pipeline system. The system has been shut down since May 2015, when a corroded pipeline ruptured and released about 450,000 gallons of oil near Refugio State Beach.
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