(Santa Barbara) Months Before Oil Spill, Signs of Poor Record-Keeping Found
Source: Associated Press
Months Before Oil Spill, Signs of Poor Record-Keeping Found
By BRIAN MELLEY AND MICHAEL R. BLOOD, ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — Sep 11, 2015, 8:36 PM ET
The pipeline company responsible for an oil spill that blackened California beaches kept shoddy records on emergency training and how it would protect pristine coastline in the event of a break, federal regulators said Friday.
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration proposed six violations from inspections begun in 2013 — some 20 months before the May pipeline rupture near Santa Barbara.
Among the findings, the agency said Texas-based Plains All American Pipeline failed to properly document pressure tests on tanks and failed to keep adequate records on how it would prevent spills in sensitive environmental areas, or respond if one did occur.
The agency did not propose a fine.
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