Southern California Gas Co. will pay over $4 million for failing to immediately report the 2015 methane leak at its Aliso Canyon natural gas facility in the Los Angeles area (People v. S. Cal. Gas Co., Cal. Super. Ct., No. 6SC00433, 9/13/16).
A proposed settlement of up to $4.3 million announced Sept. 13 by Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacy will resolve a misdemeanor violation of state health and safety laws for the leak that released more than 5 billion cubic feet of methane and other chemicals into the atmosphere for nearly four months, forcing thousands of ...
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