U.S. 
  Environmental 
  Protection 
  Agency 
  Clean 
  Water 
  Act 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  
penalities 
  for 
  pipeline 
  spills 
  of 
  oil 
  and 
  other 
  petroleum 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  
products 
  between 
  2001 
  and 
  2015* 
  
Date 
  of 
  
Penalty

Penalized 
  Parties

Violations

Civil 
  Penalty

On 
  March 
  29, 
  2013, 
  ExxonMobil's 
  Pegasus 
  Pipeline 
  
ExxonMobil 
  will 
  pay 
  a 
  $3.19 
  
leaked 
  approximately 
  100,500 
  gallons 
  of 
  crude 
  oil 
  
million 
  penalty.
near 
  Mayflower, 
  Ark.
In 
  2006, 
  BPXA 
  experienced 
  two 
  oil 
  pipeline 
  spills 
  
BPXA 
  will 
  pay 
  a 
  $25 
  million 
  
that 
  leaked 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  213,242 
  gallons 
  of 
  crude 
  onto 
  
BP 
  Exploration 
  Alaska, 
  
penalty 
  and 
  implement 
  a 
  new 
  
May 
  2011
the 
  North 
  Slope 
  of 
  Alaska. 
  The 
  company's 
  spill 
  
Inc.
program 
  for 
  managing 
  large 
  
prevention 
  measures 
  also 
  didn't 
  meet 
  federal 
  
pipeline 
  spills.
standards.
April 
  
2015

Aug. 
  2010

ExxonMobil 
  Pipeline 
  
Company

Plains 
  All 
  American 
  
Pipeline

On 
  10 
  occasions 
  between 
  June 
  2004 
  and 
  
September 
  2007, 
  approximately 
  273,000 
  gallons 
  of 
  
crude 
  oil 
  were 
  discharged 
  from 
  various 
  pipelines 
   Plains 
  will 
  pay 
  a 
  $3.25 
  million 
  
and 
  one 
  tank 
  owned 
  and 
  operated 
  by 
  Plains 
  into 
  
penalty.
navigable 
  waters 
  or 
  adjoining 
  shorelines 
  in 
  Texas, 
  
Louisiana, 
  Oklahoma 
  and 
  Kansas.

On 
  March 
  23, 
  2005, 
  Pacific's 
  pipeline 
  spilled 
  about 
  
Pacific 
  Pipeline 
  Systems 
  
Pacific 
  will 
  pay 
  a 
  $1.3 
  million 
  
Jan. 
  2010
142,500 
  gallons 
  of 
  light 
  blend 
  crude 
  oil, 
  dirtying 
  
LLP
penalty.
Posey 
  Creek 
  and 
  Pyramid 
  Lake.
On 
  July 
  14, 
  2007, 
  an 
  Explorer-­‐owned 
  pipeline 
  near 
  
Explorer 
  Pipeline 
  
Explorer 
  will 
  pay 
  a 
  $3.3 
  million 
  
Jan. 
  2009
Huntsville, 
  Texas 
  spilled 
  approximately 
  275,000 
  
Company
penalty.
gallons 
  of 
  jet 
  fuel.
Nov. 
  
2008

Plantation 
  Pipe 
  Line 
  
Company

Plantation 
  pipelines 
  spilled 
  four 
  times 
  between 
   Plantation 
  Pipe 
  Line 
  Company 
  
2000 
  and 
  2006: 
  twice 
  in 
  Virginia, 
  once 
  in 
  Georgia 
   will 
  pay 
  a 
  $725,000 
  penalty 
  and 
  
and 
  once 
  in 
  North 
  Carolina. 
  The 
  spills 
  released 
  
implement 
  new 
  precaution 
  
more 
  than 
  42,000 
  gallons 
  of 
  jet 
  fuel.
against 
  future 
  spills.

Multiple 
  Magellan 
  pipelines 
  carrying 
  petroleum 
  
Magellan 
  will 
  pay 
  a 
  $5.3 
  million 
  
products 
  leaked 
  in 
  six 
  states 
  between 
  1999 
  and 
  
penalty.
2006.
Between 
  Nov. 
  2001 
  and 
  May 
  2005, 
  four 
  TEPPCO 
  
Texas 
  Products 
  Pipeline 
   sites 
  in 
  Arkansas, 
  Oklahoma 
  and 
  Texas 
  leaked 
  about 
   TEPPCO 
  will 
  pay 
  a 
  $2.8 
  million 
  
Aug. 
  2007
Company, 
  LLC
271,700 
  gallons 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  jet 
  fuel, 
  
penalty.
gasoline 
  or 
  crude 
  oil.
Three 
  spills 
  occurred 
  along 
  Kinder 
  Morgan's 
  Pacific 
  
Kinder 
  Morgan 
  Energy 
  
The 
  two 
  companies 
  will 
  jointly 
  
Operations 
  Unit 
  pipeline 
  system 
  in 
  California 
  
May 
  2007
Partners 
  LP 
  and 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  
pay 
  a 
  nearly 
  $5.3 
  million 
  
between 
  2004 
  and 
  2005, 
  releasing 
  more 
  than 
  
SFPP 
  LP
penalty.
200,000 
  gallons 
  of 
  product.
June 
  
2008

Magellan 
  Midstream 
  
Partners

 Colonial 
  facilities 
  in 
  Georgia, 
  Louisiana 
  and 
  
Tennessee 
  suffered 
  spills 
  between 
  June 
  1996 
  and 
   Colonial 
  will 
  pay 
  a 
  $34 
  million 
  
April 
  
Colonial 
  Pipeline 
  
February 
  1999. 
  The 
  incidents 
  released 
  more 
  than 
  1 
  
penalty 
  and 
  upgrade 
  its 
  
2003
Company
million 
  gallons 
  of 
  fuel 
  oil, 
  diesel 
  fuel 
  and 
  gasoline 
   environmental 
  protections.**
combined.
In 
  1991, 
  an 
  ExxonMobil 
  pipeline 
  ruptured 
  in 
  
Sept. 
  
ExxonMobil 
  Oil 
  
ExxonMobil 
  will 
  pay 
  a 
  $4.7 
  
Valencia, 
  Calif. 
  releasing 
  at 
  least 
  55,900 
  gallons 
  of 
  
2002
Corporation
million 
  penalty.
crude 
  oil.
* 
  Source: 
  U.S. 
  EPA 
  enforcement 
  data 
  compiled 
  by 
  InsideClimate 
  News 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  
** 
  To 
  date, 
  the 
  Colonial 
  Pipeline 
  Company 
  received 
  the 
  biggest 
  EPA-­‐imposed 
  fine 
  under 
  the 
  Clean 
  Water 
  Act 
  for 
  an 
  
oil 
  pipeline 
  spill