Exxon settlement OK'dExxon settlement OK'dA federal judge approved a $5.07 million settlement between Exxon Mobil and the federal and state governments Wednesday, ending a lawsuit filed more than two years ago after the company's Pegasus pipeline ruptured and spilled tens of thousands of gallons of heavy crude oil into a Mayflower neighborhood. In addition to monetary penalties, the consent decree includes new safety measures, most notably that Exxon Mobil must treat the roughly 650-mile northern section of the pipeline as susceptible to seam failure -- the cause of the March 29, 2013, accident in Mayflower's Northwoods neighborhood. Click here to read more. |
