Colonial Pipeline Faces Enormous Fine After Huge NC Gasoline Leak, Federal Officials Say

Colonial Pipeline Faces Enormous Fine After Huge NC Gasoline Leak, Federal Officials Say
Colonial Pipeline Co. faces a $200,000 a day fine if it fails to improve monitoring of its U.S. pipeline system after a massive gasoline leak in Huntersville, North Carolina. John Spink/The Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS
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By Joe Marusak From The Charlotte Observer

RALEIGH, N.C.—Colonial Pipeline Co. faces a $200,000 a day fine if it fails to improve the way it detects leaks in its U.S. pipeline system, after a massive gasoline leak in Huntersville, according to a recent settlement in the case with the U.S. government.