Record US$9.6 million fine for Third Coast after substantial oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico [BNN Bloomberg (Canada)]
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This single fine is close to the normal total of $8 million to $10 million in all fines that the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration hands out each year. But Third Coast has a stake in some 1,900 miles of pipelines, and in September, the Houston-based company announced that it had secured a nearly $1 billion loan. Pipeline Safety Trust Executive Director Bill Caram said this spill “resulted from a company-wide systemic failure, indicating the operator's fundamental inability to implement pipeline safety regulations,” so the record fine is appropriate and welcome. “However, even record fines often fail to be financially meaningful to pipeline operators. The proposed fine represents less than 3 per cent of Third Coast Midstream's estimated annual earnings,” Caram said. “True deterrence requires penalties that make noncompliance more expensive than compliance.” The agency said Third Coast didn't establish proper emergency procedures, which is part of why the Nat
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