The agreement with the shipping companies marks the first time any entity other than Amplify has shared financial responsibility for the 25,000-gallon spill.
Last year, Amplify pleaded guilty to a criminal charge related to its response to the spill and agreed to pay for cleanup and damages.
The next step will be for the court to give final approval to the new agreement, something that could happen by spring. After that, an independent company will be hired to identify everybody who qualifies for compensation and to establish a schedule for payouts. People who believe they are owed money can file a claim via the websiteAitken didn’t know how long the payout process might take.
The new deal supports a longstanding claim from Amplify and others that commercial ships damaged the pipeline months before oil started flowing flowing into the ocean off the coast of Huntington Beach. It’s also just the latest twist in a saga that has included national news coverage, misinformation about the scope of the spill, a coastal cleanup involving nearly 2,000 people, and the criminal plea from Amplify.
Months later, around 4 p.m. on Oct. 1 – as residents from Huntington Beach to Irvine were reporting strong petroleum smells in their neighborhoods, pipeline workers heard an alarm warning of a possible oil leak. They did not report that to authorities and, instead, began a series of tests to see if oil was actually spilling. They closed the pipeline around 6 a.m. on Oct. 2 and notified the Coast Guard of the leak about 9 a.m., roughly 13 hours and eight alarms after the initial warning.
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