California can’t ‘veto’ Trump’s restart of Santa Barbara County pipeline
Judge Wilson said the Defense Production Act overrides California’s shutdown effort and ordered Sable Offshore to pay about $1.45 million in penalties.
- On August 19, District Judge Stephen V. Wilson ruled California cannot use state environmental law to shut down Sable Offshore's pipeline, upholding President Trump's executive order under the Defense Production Act.
- The pipeline has been shuttered since 2015 following a spill under previous owner Plains All American Pipeline, and Sable bypassed restart restrictions by citing a national energy emergency.
- Judge Wilson ordered Sable to pay about $1.45 million in penalties to California for operating violations through August 19, while transferring consent decree oversight to the federal PHMSA.
- California Attorney General Rob Bonta's office plans to appeal the ruling to the Ninth Circuit Court after the judge rejected the state's request for an injunction.
- Protecting the nation's "domestic industrial base" and "critical infrastructure" requires overriding state vetoes, Wilson noted, as the legal battle continues over federal supremacy versus local energy regulation.
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