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outside to review the results of previous pipeline inspections. but as of tonight, it is still a mystery as to what caused the pipeline leak in the first place. local papers have been digging into the safety report of plains all american looking for clues. the l.a. times reporting that since 2006, the pipeline company has received 175 safety and maintenance infractions, including pump failure, equipment malfunction, pipeline corrosion and operator error. the company has had to pay over $23 million in property damage over the last nine years. last week, the head of the santa barbara county energy division said that he was curious as to why the pipeline leak didn t trigger an automatic shutoff of the pipeline. the system that isequired for
that owns that pipeline that not only does the pipeline need to be drained immediately, they also need to physically send the ruptured section of the people pipe out for testing and conduct what sa called a root analysis of the spill and involve a third party outside to review the ults results of previous pipeline inspections. but as of tonight, it is still a mystery as to what caused the pipeline leak in the first place. local papers have been digging into the safety report of plains all american looking for clues. the l.a. times reporting that since 2006 the pipeline company has received 175 safety and maintenance infractions, including pump failure, equipment malfunction, pipeline corrosion and operator error. the company has had to pay over $23 million in property damage over the last nine years. last week the head of the santa barbara county energy division said that he was curious as to why the pipeline leak didn t trigger an automatic shutoff of the pipeline.