Owner of Offshore Oil Rig Agrees to Pay $1 Million for Clean Water Act Violations
EPA, the Justice Department and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement filed a lawsuit in February 2013 alleging that the ATP Innovator oil platform violated the Clean Water Act and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.
ATP Infrastructure Partners LP, the owner of an offshore oil rig that was stationed about 50 miles off the coast of Louisiana until earlier this year, has agreed to pay a $1 million civil fine to resolve a federal lawsuit alleging that the firm illegally discharged oil and chemicals into the Gulf of Mexico.
