ConocoPhillips fined $540,000 for spill
The State of Washington said ConocoPhillips will pay $540,000 in fines for a 2004 oil spill in Puget Sound.
The state’s Department of Ecology, said the tanker Polar Texas, owned by the Polar Tankers subsidiary of ConocoPhillips, spilled more than 1,000 gallons of crude oil into Puget Sound’s Dalco Passage on Oct. 13, 2004
The fine is the largest the department has ever issued for a spill in marine waters, and is the maximum possible penalty under state law.
Negotiations continue on a state-federal-tribal damage assessment that is separate from the penalty.
ConocoPhillips fined $540,000 for spill
