Texas Dredging Company Charged, Faces $200K Fine Over 2016 Oil Spill April 26, 2021
A Texas-based dredging company has been charged with violating the Clean Water Act in connection with a coastal Louisiana oil spill in 2016 and faces a fine of up to $200,000, the Environmental Protection Agency reported.
According to the Bill of Information, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company LLC, negligently discharged and caused to be discharged a harmful quantity of oil into a navigable water of the United States, upon adjoining shorelines, and affecting the United States’ natural resources.
The spill took place on Sept. 5, 2016, on the edge of Bay Long near the Chenier Ronquille barrier island, which is east of Grand Isle.