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March 1, 2021
The United States filed a complaint on Friday in the Louisiana Middle District Court seeking for the court to require Metairie Energy Company Inc., and its owner and operator, Bernard Robichaux, to pay over $1.3 million to cover clean-up costs for an August 2016 spill.
Reportedly, the oil spill occurred from the defendants’ Choctaw Bayou Oil and Gas Field which is located next to the Port Allen Lock in Iberville Parish, Louisiana. The federal government paid to clean up the oil spill using funds from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, which is provided for under the Oil Pollution Act (OPA) and is now seeking repayment from the company under the same Act.