The State Coastal Commission notified an oil company that it will commence proceedings for a cease and desist order for the restart of the Santa Barbara County oil pipeline which ruptured in 2015.
The Commission contends Sable Offshore Corporation’s restart of the pipeline in March amounts to unpermitted development.
Sable had sought restart approval from the state.Those efforts stalled.The company then turned to the federal government, contending federal agencies should be regulating the pipeline.In March, the company used a federal order to resume pipeline operations…