Exxon Sues Santa Barbara County over Denial of Pipeline Safety Valve

Pacific Pipeline Company and ExxonMobil have sued the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors for their denial of permit applications to install 16 safety valves on its Las Flores Pipeline System, the crude oil pipeline that ruptured and caused the Refugio oil spill in 2015. The companies argued before the U.S. District Court f…