Orange County supervisors voted Wednesday to accept nearly $1 million from Amplify Energy to cover expenses incurred responding to the oil spill off the waters of Huntington Beach in October.
Do said he voted against the settlement because it could leave the county potentially liable for more uncovered expenses down the line.
"Getting $900,000 or even $1 million for potential claims to come down in the future is peanuts,'' Do told CNS."If we have lawsuits in the future and cannot go to Amplify to indemnify us then $1 million in legal fees will be gone in six months. I think it's premature. The incident happened about 10 months ago.
"I think it's a win for the taxpayers,'' she said."We got the cleanup done ... It's a good settlement for the county.'' The settlement removes the county from the federal litigation before U.S. District Court Judge David Carter in Santa Ana. Amplify Energy owns the oil rig that spewed thousands of gallons of crude into the waters off Huntington Beach last October. Federal investigators have said it appears the pipeline was damaged by a ship's anchor likely belonging to one of dozens of cargo ships that were backed up in traffic over several months outside the Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex.
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