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Council backs county in opposing restart of coast pipeline after 2015 Refugio spill
Summary
Council adopted a resolution opposing recommissioning of the Santa Ynez Unit pipeline, citing the 2015 Refugio spill, environmental risk and uncertainty about operator financial capacity.
The Carpinteria City Council on March 10 voted to oppose recommissioning an oil-transport pipeline that runs along the Gaviota Coast and to transmit that position to the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors and the California Coastal Commission.
Staff presented background on the pipeline’s ownership changes — from Plains to ExxonMobil and most recently to Sable Offshore Corporation — and recounted the May 2015 Refugio oil spill, when over 120,000 gallons of crude reached…
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