The South Coast Air Quality Management District issued notices of violation to three companies following last month’s oil spill in East Los Angeles.
About 25,000 gallons of crude oil spilled into the Los Angeles River on May 22 after construction crews damaged a 16-inch pipeline while drilling for a fiber optic line near Cesar Chavez and Eastern Avenues, according to AQMD.
“Unfortunately, it’s not something we’re surprised by what happened,” LA County Fire Department spokesperson Jonathan Torres said following the oil spill. “It tends to happen, unfortunately. We’re putting in subterranean utilities, so this does happen. It’s an accident, we understand. Now it’s just a matter of remediating the spill.”…