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    Pipeline operators to plead no contest in Orange County oil spill and pay nearly $5 million

    by Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times Sep 08, 2022 2 minutes
    An aerial view of environmental oil spill cleanup crews picking up oil chucks off the beach from a major oil spill at Huntington Dog Beach, with a view of Bolsa Chica Ecological Preserve in the background in Huntington Beach, California, on Oct. 5, 2021.

    LOS ANGELES — The Texas company operating the pipeline that caused a massive oil spill in the waters off Huntington Beach agreed to plead no contest to state environmental charges and pay nearly $5 million in fines and penalties, prosecutors announced Thursday.

    Orange County and state prosecutors this week charged Houston-based Amplify Energy Corp. and two subsidiaries — Beta Operating Co. and San

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