LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A federal regulatory agency claims that Exxon Mobil Pipeline Co. is trying to “escape responsibility” for not considering that a pipeline that ruptured in Arkansas was susceptible to seam failure despite a history of such problems.
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that Exxon Mobil is challenging a finding by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration that the oil giant violated safety regulations that led to the pipeline’s rupture in Mayflower in 2013. The company, a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corp., also has challenged the $2.6 million fine levied by the agency.
The Mayflower rupture led to the long-term evacuation of 22 homes. Three of those homes were demolished, and many residents never moved back into the neighborhood.
Exxon Mobil shut down the roughly 850-mile pipeline shortly after the
accident.
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