Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., the nation's largest dredging company, was ordered by a federal judge to pay a $1M fine after pleading guilty 12 months ago to charges of causing the spill of 160 barrels of oil into Bay Long in 2016. The company was rebuilding Louisiana's Chenier Ronquille barrier island east of Grand Isle, La. A marsh buggy driver, operating with a dredge, cut an oil pipeline while clearing a canal used by workers to access the Plaquemines Parish island they were rebuilding under a $36M contract with NOAA. Neither Great Lakes nor the worker were authorized by NOAA to be working in that canal, according to federal officials. (Source: NOLA.com 06/21/22) Nation's largest dredging company fined $1 million for causing oil spill in Louisiana | Environment | nola.com
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