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'Mayflower oil spill'

Not COVID-19: The perilous Pegasus Pipeline

There is a world outside coronavirus. Example 1:  For my money, the best article in the morning Arkansas Democrat-Gazette was the op-ed by Tad Bohannon, chief executive of Central Arkansas Water, on plans afoot to reopen the Pegasus Pipeline, which ruptured and gushed oil in Mayflower seven years ago.
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8th Circuit upholds dismissal of ExxonMobil pipeline case

The U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals today upheld a lower court decision to dismiss a lawsuit by all property owners along the easement for the Pegasus pipeline, now owned by ExxonMobil, which runs from Texas to Illinois and ruptured in 2013 in Mayflower, Ark.
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Gee, thanks, Exxon. How about spilling more oil on us?

Exxon Mobil got a publicity bonanza yesterday for the darnedest thing — paying part of a court-imposed bill for damage it did to Mayflower in 2013 when a flawed pipeline ruptured and spewed heavy crude over a nice Mayflower neighborhood and nearby wetlands.

Regulators fine ExxonMobil $2.6 million on pipeline failure and specify safety steps

A federal regulatory agency has issued a final order in its review of the break of Exxon Mobil's Pegasus pipeline that spewed 5,000 barrels of heavy crude on a Mayflower subdivision and into nearby wetlands in March 2013.
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Judge approves Mayflower settlement, rejects bid to force Exxon to move pipeline

U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker today signed off on a settlement agreement between ExxonMobil and several state and federal entities concerning the 2013 rupture of the Pegasus pipeline in Mayflower. The news is a setback for Central Arkansas Water, which has been fighting make the terms of the consent decree tougher.

Judge gives 14 days for response to objection in Exxon pipeline case

Federal Judge Kristine Baker today gave parties 14 days to respond to Central Arkansas Water's objection to a proposed consent decree between the government and Exxon Mobil Corporation providing fines and some new safety precautions as a result of the pipeline break that spewed oil in Mayflower.
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Central Arkansas Water objects to settlement of Exxon pipeline rupture case

Central Arkansas Water has objected sharply to a proposed consent decree to settle a state and federal lawsuit over the rupture of the Exxon Mobil Pegasus pipeline that inundanted a Mayflower neighborhood with heavy crude oil.

More lawsuits to come on Mayflower oil spill, both public and private

Despite the settlement today, litigation related to the 2013 Mayflower oil spill is nowhere near its conclusion. ExxonMobil faces additional legal action from state and federal public agencies charged with protecting natural resources in Arkansas under what's called a Natural Resources Damages claim.
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ExxonMobil to pay $5 million to settle claims in feds' complaint on Mayflower oil spill

A consent decree will be filed this morning in federal court in which ExxonMobil agrees to pay civil penalties, fund an environmental project and take other corrective steps in response to alleged violations of environmental laws in the 2013 rupture of the Pegasus pipeline that produced a damaging spill in Mayflower.

The Mayflower effect: Tougher rules in the pipeline?

Exxon-Mobil's Pegasus pipeline ruptured in Mayflower exactly two years ago yesterday, March 29. Homes were lost, ground was tainted and there are still issues to be resolved in court. Could there be a silver lining? An article in Inside Climate News reports that the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration is "floating what could become a new regulation to address problematic vintage pipe and other obvious risks that were factors in the rupture" of the 70-year-old section of the Pegasus pipeline.
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Exxon fights release of documents on unbuilt pipeline that would have paralleled Pegasus route

Plaintiffs for Mayflower landowners say that shows the company knew in advance that the existing Pegasus — which ruptured in 2013 — was nearing the end of its lifespan. Exxon attorneys, however, insist that the proposed Texas Access Pipeline was never intended to replace the older pipeline.

Federal regulators: Reversing pipeline flow might be unsafe

Federal regulators have issued an advisory saying reversing the flow in oil and gas pipelines — as was done in the case of the ruptured Exxon/Mobil Pegasus line in Arkansas — can present safety concerns.
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