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Dredging company to pay $1M for restoration work oil spill

The Coast Guard, Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator's Office and ECM Maritime Services continue to respond to an oil discharge near Bay Long, La., Sept. 11, 2016. A Houston dredging company has been ordered Thursday, June 16, 2022, to pay a $1 million fine for an oil spill that occurred when a subcontractor cut through a pipeline during Louisiana barrier island restoration work in 2016. (Petty Officer 3rd Class Brandon Giles/U.S. Coast Guard via AP) Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Lyndsey Slabe surveys the cleanup efforts in Bay Long, La., Sept. 10, 2016. A Houston dredging company has been ordered Thursday, June 16, 2022, to pay a $1 million fine for an oil spill that occurred when a subcontractor cut through a pipeline during Louisiana barrier island restoration work in 2016. (Petty Officer 3rd Class Brandon Giles/U.S. Coast Guard via AP) Members from Wildlife Response attend birds that were affected by an oil spill at Bay Long, La., on Sept. 13, 2016. A Houston dredging company has been ordered Thursday, June 16, 2022, to pay a $1 million fine for an oil spill that occurred when a subcontractor cut through a pipeline during Louisiana barrier island restoration work in 2016. (Petty Officer 3rd Class Alexandria Preston/U.S. Coast Guard via AP)