Exxon settlement OK'd

Exxon settlement OK'd

A 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.

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