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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 former 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 to California for operating violations through August 19, while transferring consent decree oversight from the State Fire Marshal 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 to shut down the pipeline.
- Protecting the nation's "domestic industrial base" and "critical infrastructure" against state vetoes requires overriding local regulations, Wilson noted, as the legal battle continues over federal supremacy versus state environmental authority.
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California can’t ‘veto’ Trump’s restart of Santa Barbara County pipeline
(Legal Newsline) — California Democratic state officials can't use state environmental law and rules to force a Santa Barbara County oil pipeline to once again shut down, after a federal judge ruled President Donald Trump did not exceed his authority…
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