A Houston-based oil company and two subsidiaries have agreed to plead guilty to violating the federal Clean Water Act and pay a $7.1 million criminal fine after their pipeline leaked about 25,000 gallons of crude oil across the coast of Southern California, prosecutors say.
The US Attorney’s Office of the Central District of California announced the agreement Friday. The leak in the San Pedro Bay Pipeline happened in October 2021. The companies were charged in December 2021…