19 May 2024
SoCalGas reaches settlement over Aliso Canyon leak
Publication date: 14 September 2016
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US-based Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) has reached a settlement with Los Angeles County over a failure to report a huge gas leak at its Aliso Canyon underground storage field last October that lasted until February this year.
Under the agreement, SoCalGas will pay a USD 4.3 million penalty after pleading no contest to charges of violating health and safety codes by failing to report the leak in time to the Los Angeles County Fire Department and other emergency services.