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Randall Bell
May 16, 2022
Page 15

$230 MILLION CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT REACHED FOR DAMAGES CAUSED BY PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE’S 2015 SANTA BARBARA OIL SPILL

Randall Bell
May 16, 2022
Page 15

KENNETH SONG / NEWS-PRESS FILES

Plains All American Pipeline, who spilled an estimated 15,000 barrels of crude oil into the Pacific Ocean in 2015, has agreed to pay $230 million to the fishing industry and shoreline residents whose properties endured damages due to the oil spill. Plains All American operated a transportation of crude oil pipeline stretching 130 miles between the Santa Barbara coast and inland refinery markets in California. In 2018, Plains All American was found criminally liable for the oil spill due to failed maintenance, extensive pipeline corrosion, and a corroded pipeline. The oil spill polluted several costal properties and harmed the fishing industry. Judge Gutierrez must give a final approval on the matter. Once the approval is obtained, class members will be notified and a court-approved plan of distribution will be created with $184 million distributed among the Fisher class and $46 million distributed among the Property class.

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