New charges filed against company responsible for Orange County oil spill

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Less than a year after 25,000 gallons of crude oil spilled into the ocean off Huntington Beach, state and local prosecutors announced criminal charges against the company they believe contaminated the wetlands and coastlines.

off Huntington Beach, state and local prosecutors announced criminal charges against the company they believe contaminated the wetlands and coastline with clumps of black tar.

The charges including failing to immediately report a discharge of oil in waters of the state and water pollution. "This is a historic sum believed to be largest state misdemeanor criminal fine in Orange County history," Bonta said.

 

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What about all the pollution that waves from downtown LA via the concrete aqueduct? This is a constant flow nothing is done about. Or how about the RPV homeowners whose sewer main flowed into Torrance beach? Nothing in this story but an attack on oil to direct a liberal narative.

Criminal charges? So what? They can't buy a gun?

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